Covers the medical sciences for the preclinical dental student in a concise and easily accessible format. An international team of experts in dental education and research provide information on the applied basic sciences to ensure a sound understanding of why the medical sciences are relevant to clinical dental practice. Anatomy and development, pain and behavioural sciences, biochemistry, genomics, immunology, microbiology, pathology, and physiology are all covered. Emphasis is placed on advances in the sciences, the changed content of subjects, and the relevance to dental clinical practice, ensuring that this Handbook will provide all the information necessary for a comprehensive understanding of the subject.

*Readership : The book will support students in their first two years of the dental course, remaining a useful reference tool in later years. It aims to outline the preclinical sciences as applied to dentistry, relevant to dental qualifying examinations such as BDS and DDS and, in some countries, to higher examinations such as MFDS.

*Features:

-Covers each topic on a single page, leaving space opposite for the reader to add their own notes or information;
-Supports students in the first two years of the dental course, remaining a useful reference tool in later years;
-Relates the medical sciences to a clinical dental background.