Lab Manual of Normal Oral Histology Doody's Expert Review Review Questionnaire ISBN: 9780867153866 ISBN-10: 0867153865 Copyright: 2000 Edition: 1st Author: Riviere, Holliston L. Doody's Expert Review    Score: 81 Doody's Star Rating™ and Doody's Expert Review provide by Doody Enterprises, Inc. Reviewer: Sudsukh  Thongthammachat,  DDS, MSD  (University of Chicago Hospitals) Description This is a well illustrated color atlas of oral histology. Purpose The objective is to aid students in identifying the microscopic anatomy of normal oral tissue. Audience The target audience is undergraduate students in dentistry and histology who are studying the microscopic anatomy of normal oral tissues. Through the use of numerous high quality color photomicrographs, the author achieves his goal of providing a teaching text and, as such, this should prove to be very beneficial to the target audience. Features The text is a pictorial review of histology of the tissues that normally make up the dentin, enamel, pulp, and cementum of the teeth, as well as the periodontal ligament, alveolar bone, oral mucosa, salivary glands, and TMJ. The author also reviews tooth development, eruption, and shedding. The most outstanding aspect of this book is the labeled color illustrations of oral histologic structure. This will serve as a helpful reference for the students as an adjunct to their training. One improvement that the author may consider for a subsequent edition is the order of some of the contents. If the section on tooth eruption and shedding were rearranged to follow tooth development, this would provide a more logical progression of events for student review. Assessment This is a very innovative text as most books on the subject are focused on written text with much fewer illustrations. This should prove to be a valuable training aid for students of oral histology. Review Questionnaire Range Question Score 1-10 Are the author's objectives met? 8 1-10 Rate the worthiness of those objectives. 8 1-5 Is this written at an appropriate level? 5 1-5 Is there significant duplication? (1=significant, 5=insignificant) 4 1-5 Are there significant omissions? (1=significant, 5=insignificant) 4 1-5 Rate the authority of the authors. 5 1-5 Are there sufficient illustrations? 1 1-5 Rate the pedagogic value of the illustrations. 5 1-5 Rate the print quality of the illustrations. 5 1-5 Are there sufficient references? 3 1-5 Rate the currency of the references. N/A 1-5 Rate the pertinence of the references. N/A 1-5 Rate the helpfulness of the index. N/A 1-5 If important in this specialty, rate the physical appearance of the book 5 1-10 Is this a worthwhile contribution to the field? 8 1-10 If this is a 2nd or later edition, is this new edition needed? N/A ©2024 Doody Enterprises, Inc.