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Woelfel's Dental Anatomy
Books Review
Authors: Rickne C Scheid / Gabriela Weiss
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Language: English
ISSN: 978-1-4963-2022-3
Edition: 9/e
Publish Year: 2017
Pages: 528
Price: $94.99
A classic book on dental anatomy at its 9th edition, Woelefel’s Dental Anatomy written by Rickne C. Scheid
and Gabriela Weiss, is a study guide for dental students, dental hygiene students, dental assistants, and dental
laboratory technicians.
This new edition has over 120 new color illustrations and interactive exercises. Many chapters were updated to
include the most current terminology.
The book is divided into three parts: the first part, Comparative Tooth Anatomy, the second part, Application of
Tooth Anatomy in Dental Practice, and the third part, Anatomical Structures of the Oral Cavity.
Each chapter includes a topic list, learning objectives, new terms, glossary, pronunciations, review question with
answers, learning exercises, summary tables, original illustrations and drawings, appendix and research data.
Using clear explanations this text helps you to understand how teeth are related to one another and to the bones,
muscles, nerves, and vessels associated with the teeth and face.
Woelefel’s Dental Anatomy remains a classical book on the US national board exam and worldwide as a teaching
manual and a better useful reference in the dental office.
DOI: 10.25241/stomaeduj.2017.4(2).bookreview.1
Marian-Vladimir
Constantinescu
DDS, PhD
Holistic Dental & Medical Institute of
Bucharest - ROPOSTURO, Bucharest,
Romania
e-mail:
dr.vladimir.constantinescu@gmail.com
The Books Review is drafted in the reviewer’s sole wording and illustrates his opinions.
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