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Use this as a Marketing Tool!
I recently ordered SEVERAL copies of this book and in our next monthly newsletter I am mentioning that any patient who would like a FREE copy of it should just call our office and request one.This is the most consumer-friendly guide to cosmetic dentistry I have ever seen.and for only 11.99???This can be a great resource for a dental practice if you leverage it!

Dorfman is dedicated to education and to providing health care for those in need.
Dr. Bill Dorfman from Extreme Makeover, maintains a private practice in Beverly Hills. He has also been awarded 6 life-time achievement awards from some of the most prestigious academies in dentistry and is dedicated to education and to providing health care for those in need. In his book Billion Dollar Smile: A Complete Guide to Your Extreme Smile Makeover, you'll discover a guide to all the procedures available to give you that perfect smile. Whether it'd be teeth whitening, straightening, cleaning, lifting, filling in, caps or bridges, surgical and dental solutions to correcting a gummy smile, detailed demonstrations of advanced smile design, and several case presentations with porcelain veneers. Billion Dollar Smile is full of color photos of perfect smiles; as well as, photos of those who need help. Dorfman even goes into issues such as bad breath and gum disease. Dorfman's philosophy is 'Looking good makes you smile -- but then you need your smile to look good if you're gonna use it.' I'll even give you one better. Just check out my profile for proof of a 'Billion Dollar Smile'.

Great Resource for Patients and Dentists
I am a third year dental student at the University of Southern California and this book is a great resource for me.It has a very straight forward no nonsense approach that simplifies all the information out there about cosmetic dental procedures.I found the cases to be very interesting and informative plus I can use the information to help educate the patients I see about what options they have.With all the mixed messages out there about cosmetic dentistry it is great to have a resource that is so straightforward and helpful.Plus the price, are you kidding me?!?What a bargain!And the proceeds go to charity, if you are a dentist or a potential patient at all interested in cosmetic procedures then there is no reason not to buy this book.
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Subjects:  1. Aesthetic aspects    2. Consumer Health    3. Dentistry    4. Health & Fitness    5. Health/Fitness    6. Oral Health    7. Orthodontics    8. Smiling    9. Health & Fitness / Oral Health   

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Must Have Text
This is a must have book for those who actually care to learn about implant dentistry from one of the leading figures in the field.Each chapter is well written and complete.You can access each chapter if you seek out specific information, or you can read the entire text front cover to last page.
Gospel of Carl
For quite a few years this remains the most comprehensive and enjoyable book in my implant library.

Everything you need to know
I have been a practicing dentist for 29 years and restoring implants since 1991. I am in the process of becoming board certified to now place my own fixtures.Misch does a fantastic job of bringing into view a number of treatment modalities and what the potential pitfalls can be if each particular step is not followed.Much better than the text book that the school is using.Anyone that is considering restoring and or placing fixtures and intends to get predictable esthetic and functional results needs to read this book. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Biocompatible Materials    2. Dental Implantation    3. Dental Implants    4. Dental Prosthesis Design    5. Dental Surgery    6. Dentistry - General    7. Dentistry - Oral Surgery    8. Medical    9. Medical / Nursing    10. Prosthetic Dentistry    11. Dentistry / oral & maxillofacial medicine    12. Medical / Dentistry / General   

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brilliant, brilliant textbook
This is a great textbook!A brilliant summation of dental implantology and restoration of implants.The text is incisive, ultra-modern, and is the product of a master thinker who understands his craft with brilliance bordering on genius.The author has written a text that is very rare in that it can impart a brilliant intuitive understanding of its subject to the reader.Most dental textbooks fail in this regard.One of the best dental textbooks ever written.Excellent illustrations and influential text that will provide the reader with a strong intuition about implantology.A truly evidence-based text, where the author takes great pains to cite just the right study to illustrate the right concept at the right time in the text.A welcome departure from much of the drivel that passes for dental scholarship nowadays. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Dental Implantation    2. Dental implants    3. Dentistry    4. Dentistry - General    5. Medical    6. Medical / Nursing    7. Prosthesis    8. Prosthodontics    9. methods    10. Dentistry / oral & maxillofacial medicine    11. Medical / Dentistry / General   

Subjects:  1. Dentistry - General    2. Medical    3. Medical / Nursing    4. Occlusion (Dentistry)    5. Dentistry / oral & maxillofacial medicine    6. Medical / Dentistry / General   

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Comprehensive & Authoritative
Fonseca's 7-Volume Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery set is an excellent reference for any OMF resident or practicing surgeon.This set covers the full scope of modern OMFS practice.

good to begin with
the book is written simply and easy to read. i expected it to be more extensive, and to have more details on every subject. good for guidlines and general perspection but can not be relied solely. good for beginning with... ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Dentistry - Oral Surgery    2. Face    3. Maxilla    4. Medical    5. Medical / Nursing    6. Mouth    7. Oral And Maxillofacial Surgery    8. Surgery    9. Surgery - Oral & Maxillofacial    10. Surgery, Oral    11. Dentistry / oral & maxillofacial medicine    12. Medical / Dentistry / Oral Surgery    13. Plastic & reconstructive surgery   

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Met all expectations!
My wife is a Dental Assistant that took a few years off to stay at home with our daughter.She purchased this book as a re-fresher as she returns back into the dental field. Detailed and to the point.Very pleased with the purchase. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Career/Job    2. Dental assistants    3. Dental technicians    4. Dentistry    5. Dentistry - Dental Assisting    6. Handbooks, manuals, etc    7. Medical    8. Medical / Nursing    9. Dentistry / oral & maxillofacial medicine    10. Education    11. Medical / Dentistry / Dental Assisting   

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Don't bother
This book is absolutely HORRIBLE. Everything was just WAY too easy. The biology and chemistry portions consist of one-liners that barely scratch the surface of a topic. The spatial aptitude review problems are way too easy to even compare to anything you would see on the actual DAT. Plus, there aren't alot of them to practice on. I have never felt more "scammed" in the purchase of a book. I can't believe that such a well respected company like Kaplan would dare publish a test aid that was so watered-down. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Dentistry - General    2. Educational Tests And Measurements (Higher Education)    3. Graduate Preparation - General    4. Medical    5. Medical Education    6. Professional - General    7. Study Guides    8. Test Preparation & Review    9. Tests    10. Higher & further education    11. Study Aids / Graduate Preparation   

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Excellent book for 4th year Medical Students
This book is extremely well written and has all the information you are most likely to be pimped on.When residents have seen me reading it they say this is one of the best books around and that this new edition is extremely well done with the use of color and organization of topics.Most of these same residents will whip out their old copies and ask if they can compare the two to see if its worth them buying the new edition.
Buy this book if you practice Anesthesia
Great reference! I am a Nurse Anesthetist and I use this book almost daily with my clinical students. The book is direct and to the point. It is logically arranged and well written. I also have the second ed. and this is a vast improvement. I ordered several for my fellow anesthetist. Nice job Dr. Duke!!!

Impressive
As a nurse I have worked in PACU for a couple of years, but it was only after reading through this book, temporarily abandoned on a table in the unit by one of the residents, that I realized of how much about the subject I was quite ignorant.I decided to remedy the deficiency by reading more on the topic.Although we had a number of books on the nursing aspect of anesthesia, I found that most of them bogged me down in things I really didn't need to know to do my job.It was interesting to learn about the demographics of PACU nurses or about the amount of space needed for each patient bed, for instance, but it wasn't really helpful.I decided to purchase the book the resident had been reading, Anesthesia Secrets.I wasn't disappointed.
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Subjects:  1. Anesthesia    2. Anesthesiology    3. Examination Questions    4. Examinations, questions, etc    5. Medical    6. Medical / Nursing    7. Dentistry / oral & maxillofacial medicine    8. Medical / Internal Medicine   

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Great Book on Implantology......
.....up to date with recent literature cited.As a Senior dental student going into OMFS I find it great to use for papers in school or just to expand that good old knowledge of implantology.i'd buy it myself except a little pricey for a poor student!! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Aesthetic aspects    2. Dental Implantation    3. Dental implants    4. Dentistry - General    5. Esthetics, Dental    6. Medical    7. Medical / Nursing    8. methods    9. Dentistry / oral & maxillofacial medicine   

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A Valuable Reference
This is a very thick book for a private practitioner. Practically all factors affecting periodontal disease are being discussed, from epidemiology, etiology, pathology to the treatment and comprehensive management of periodontal disease.
top-of-the-line text
What can I say? This textbook is strikingly well-written.Really, a monumental achievement. The writing is incisive, interesting, even fascinating.For those who thought periodontics was basically scaling and root planing, an odyssey through this book's 1,000 pages shows otherwise.The illustrations are well-chosen and informative, and the quality of scholarship is consistently excellent throughout its 77 chapters.It exhausts every topic related to periodontology, from flap surgery to the microbiology of the inflammatory response, to basic s/rp therapy, to the logic of hand instrumentation, and is very up-to-date.Probably the best textbook on the subject.The accompanying CD-Rom was not too useful, mostly pretty pictures and captions, but it's the text that counts.Revelations stud the pages and the book presents a solid overal paradigm of modern periodontics. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Dentistry - Periodontics    2. Medical    3. Medical / Nursing    4. Dentistry / oral & maxillofacial medicine    5. Medical / Dentistry / Periodontics   

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Comprehensive and well written
This is a comprehensive medical textbook oriented towards specialists, fellows, residents medical and dental students treating pathologies found in the oral cavity, facial and neck areas. The clinically oriented text addresses the underlying mechanism of each disease and how symptoms dictate the clinical and radiographic presentation. The authors comprehensively present more than 425 disease pathologies through clinical presentation and pathogenesis, differential diagnosis, diagnostic work-up, histopathology, treatment and prognosis. The pathologies presented are accompanied by illustrations, histological cuts, radiographs, clinical photographs and tables, all of whichmake this textbook stand out from the others.There are more than 2,100 superb color photographs as well.This is timeless reference book making it well worth its hefty price tag. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Dentistry - General    2. Face    3. Jaw    4. Medical    5. Medical / Nursing    6. Mouth    7. Otolaryngology    8. Pathophysiology    9. Surgery - General    10. pathology    11. Dentistry / oral & maxillofacial medicine   

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A "Must Have"for the Physician's reference library
This text is a very complete reference for all the malformations, disruptions and dysmorphologies which affect the craniomaxillofacial region along with the associated clinical findings.It illustrates the etiologies and clinical findings very well with relevant pictures, and most importantly, the literature references which the authors used for each specific syndrome.
Highly unsatisfied
Several pages were missing in the book. Can you please send me another book?

Complete review
This is a complete review of almost all syndromes affecting the face, with complete information about the most important conditions and very good references until june 2001. Congratulations to the authors for their great effort to put together a lot of information very useful to phisicians, dentists and many other specialists. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Abnormalities    2. Disease    3. Genetics    4. Head    5. Medical    6. Medical / Nursing    7. Neck    8. Otolaryngology    9. Pathophysiology    10. Physiological Pathology    11. Regional Surgery    12. Surgery - General    13. Medical / Genetics    14. Medical genetics    15. Medicine | Genetics    16. Otorhinolaryngology (ENT)   

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Periodontal Surgery: A Clinical Atlas
The volume arrived in perfect condition. The large and well-spaced format promised clear illustration and sequencing of procedures, which was mostly,but not always, the case. A number of procedures had quite complex suturing involved, which was only shown when completed, not during the suturing, and this I found quite a let down.
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Subjects:  1. Atlases    2. Dentistry - Periodontics    3. Medical    4. Medical / Nursing    5. Periodontics    6. Periodontium    7. Surgery    8. methods    9. Dentistry / oral & maxillofacial medicine   

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Clinician's Review
I've used 4 different drug reference books including the PDR. For the Clinical Dentist this is the best one I've ever used. The pertinent information the dentist needs is concveiently written in red. There are other very useful chapters in the back of the book. Excellent choice.

A real sleep stealer
For action packed info this is the book for you

Excellent reference book
This is an easy-to-use and small-enough-to-handle volume for the dental professional. It is alphabetically arranged by brand name and generic name--no need to first look in an index. The information is concise and isdirectly related to drug interactions and dental treatment, especiallydental anesthetics. Very good book to have handy in the dental office. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Dentistry - General    2. General    3. Medical    4. Medical / Nursing   

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A must have
The second edition is even better than the first one. It is a must for every ENT, Plastic and OMFS residents. Also would be helpful for surgeons in practice to review.

Great new second edition!
I am an Army Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon and just looked through my new second edition.I have used this book for several years now, through residency, and have found it to be very helpful.The new 2nd edition is much better with updated photos and illustrations, new approaches, and great explanations.I have shared this book with my ENT/Head & Neck Surgery and Plastic Surgery colleagues.I recommend this text to residents, fellows and practitioners.

For dent stds who are interested in OMFS & OMFS residents
I previewed this book at my school's library and was recommended to me by an OMFS resident during my externship.After flipping through the pages, the illustrations were precise and the surgical approaches and step are spelled out in detail.It was a great to see specific procedures, steps, and illustrations in this reference text after I've seen it in the OR.I've heard that Dr. Ellis is currently working on the 2nd edition of this text due out in August 2005.Can't wait to get my hands on a copy of that edition!Good luck locating a copy of the current edition, it's out-of-print and no online bookstores have this book in stock. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Anatomy    2. Facial Bones    3. Life Sciences - Anatomy & Physiology    4. Medical    5. Medical / Nursing    6. Otolaryngology    7. Surgery    8. Surgery - General    9. Surgery - Oral & Maxillofacial    10. Surgery - Plastic & Cosmetic    11. Temporomandibular Joint    12. Clinical & Internal Medicine    13. Medical / Surgery / Plastic & Cosmetic   

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Simple, non-invasive cure!
It's hard to believe that suffering so long with jaw pain could be alleviated so quickly by just doing some simple exercises! I was pain-free in two weeks, and now I only notice pain during times of stress when I must be unconsciously grinding. Then I resume the exercises and once again, the pain disappears! Try these exercises before you take any other action! Some 'cures' make the problem worse, and this is such a simple, inexpensive, and affective solution!
TMJ CHANGED MY LIFE LIKE THE LEAVES IN THE FALL
As a member of the TMJ society, I have suffered long and hard with this discerning trauma. LOCKJAW! NECK PAIN! HEADACHES! OH MY! Dr. BOB you are to me what Neil Armstrong was to Americans on the moon. I can eat lunch in the cafeteria again, and the other kids dont laugh at me! They thought I was the TMJ girl, now im just one of them! Please spend then [...] to get this book if you, like many others, suffer TMJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ!!!!!!!!!
A MUST FOR ANYONE SUFFERING FROM TMJ!
IF YOU SUFFER, AS I DO, FROM TMJ DISORDER THIS BOOK IS A MUST.IT OFFERS INSIGHT INTO THE CAUSES OF TMJ, AS WELL AS PRACTICAL AND VERY HELPFUL HINTS TO MANAGE YOUR CONDITION AND AIM YOU TOWARD RECOVERY.REALLY PUT MY FEARS TO REST AND GAVE ME SOMETHING CONCRETE TO WORK WITH AFTER NEARLY A YEAR OF MISDIAGNOSES AND TERRIBLE ANXIETY OVER A CONDITION NO DOCTOR SEEMED ABLE TO FIGURE OUT!DO YOURSELF OR A LOVED ONE A FAVOR IF THEY SUFFER FROM TMJ, BUY THIS BOOK!HIGHLY RECOMMEND! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Complications    2. Consumer Health    3. Diseases    4. Diseases - Musculoskeletal    5. Fibromyalgia    6. General    7. Health & Fitness    8. Health/Fitness    9. Pain Management    10. Temporomandibular joint    11. Treatment    12. Coping with illness    13. Popular medicine   

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Needs better editing!
The content is detailed, informative and sometimes repetitive, but please work on the presentation! One would think that by the 7th edition, most of the mistakes in this textbook would have been corrected. I've seen numerous spelling errors and typos, as well as missing figures. This gives it a really unprofessional look, despite all the diagrams and the "easy to read style". The editors should take a course in spelling and typing. If they do not have the time to do so, they should consider spending a few minutes to find out how the spellcheck option works. Proper spelling and grammar are very important, especially for an educational material such as a textbook. Hopefully the eighth edition will turn out to be a bit better.

This is a terrific update of a classic text.
This edition combines the latest dental information with the best of teaching techniques to make this an extremely valuable text for anyone wanting to know more about dental assiting.An interactive CD-ROM,packaged with the book, makes this edition even more exciting! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Dentistry - General    2. Medical    3. Medical / Nursing    4. Dentistry / oral & maxillofacial medicine    5. Medical / Dentistry / Dental Assisting   

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THE trauma set to own
Don't bother with the 7-volume set by the same author. It covers too many subjects in not enough detail. THIS is THE trauma set to own for the practicing OMF surgeon and residents. There is hardly a question not answered within these large texts. Surgical anatomy is reviewed, the pictures are excellent, it is well written, and it is current.It is a book that you should acquire as one of your first titles while an OMF resident. Useful for ENT and Plastics, as well, but really covers the discipline of OMFS trauma nicely.

1991 Ed. Recommended by the Medical Library Association.
The Previous editon (1991) was recommended in "A Basic List of Recommended Books and Journals for Support of Clinical Dentistry in a Nondental Library" in Bulletin Of the Medical Library Association, July 1997. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Dentistry - Oral Surgery    2. Face    3. Maxilla    4. Maxillofacial Injuries    5. Medical    6. Medical / Nursing    7. Mouth    8. Wounds and injuries    9. Dentistry / oral & maxillofacial medicine    10. Medical / Dentistry / Oral Surgery   

Subjects:  1. Dentistry - General    2. Medical    3. Medical / Nursing    4. Test Preparation & Review    5. Dentistry / oral & maxillofacial medicine    6. Medical / Dentistry / General   

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Dentistry's whiz kids write again
Tom Levy graduated from Johns Hopkins University, studied and taught medicine at Tulane, and then, to paraphrase his words, actually began to think about what he was doing.
Thank God for this book!
Thank God for this book and Dr.Kulacz! A M.D. from the Cleveland Clinic told me about Dr.Kulacz and this book. When reading this book about some of the other patients I thought I was reading about myself. This book is as truthful as it gets about root canals , dental materials and proper procedures about extractions. This book is a must read for the people that suspect that their teeth may be one of the culprits to their health issues. Of course after reading this book I would think most sensible people would not take drastic action as to extract their own teeth ,as one person posted. I would love to stand outside of every dentist office and pass out this book to patients that are about to get a root canal. This book opens your eyes to the other side of root canals that your dentist will not tell you before the procedure. By the way your natural teeth are not better if they are giving you pain and lowering your immune system. You must read this book if you are searching for the truth about your teeth problems. Dr.Kulacz has integrity and morals which is what you would expect from any doctor. If I could I would rate this book higher than a five.

Vital information for your health
I have not only read this book, but have also been a patient of Dr. Kulacz.Unfortunately, many detractors choose wishful thinking over verifiable, scientific fact.They pay for their ongoing denial with health troubles.Nobody wants to lose any teeth, but if the alternative is long term devastating health problems, the loss of a tooth is a small price to pay.I was in this category with both root canals and the related dental infections and they badly affected my health.Once removed I felt noticeably better.To further prove the case, the extracted tooth was sent to a lab for testing and the results confirmed serious infection.Study the subject and look at the evidnce and you will agree with me.Read all the related books as the evidence is overwhelming.Find one of the very few dentists around the country experienced in this protocol.PS, Most dentists know virtually nothing about any of this.It is therefore your health and your responsibility. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Dentistry - General    2. General    3. Medical    4. Medical / Nursing    5. Popular science