DENTISTRY AND ITS VICTIMS

by Paul, D.D.S. Revere ‧ RELEASE DATE: Nov. 30, 1970

The silly pseudonym, the title and the opening chapter (""a considerable number of dentists actually choose to do poor work. All dentists know how to practice good dentistry"" ?) are enough to set any bicuspid on edge. Overstated. . . and restated (in two chapters) the statistic that only 20% of the population receives good care, while there is a recent Reader's Digest figure that three out of ten people who are over 35 have lost all their teeth. That's enough to make you pay attention to Dr. Revere's fairly exhaustive discussion of what good dentistry should be; his explanations of the tooth and its (pre)carious environs; of the examination; equipment; pyorrhea; decay and fillings on to more extensive restorations and artificial teeth; toothpastes and oral hygiene; orthodontia; fees; and finally the hope that group practice may remedy some of the malpractice that is apparently so wide-spread. Certainly all of it is sincerely informative (rigorously clinical in spots) and preventative so that no one with a view from the bridge will talk back.

Pub Date: Nov. 30, 1970

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: St. Martin's Press

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Kirkus Reviews Issue: Nov. 1, 1970

Categories: NONFICTION