本书为武汉大学“十五”规划系列教材之一，共分为三部分，第一部分为临床情景对话，由10章组成，涉及门诊预约、口腔检查、治疗计划等各种临床场景；第二部分为口腔专业知识，由32章组成，涉及口腔生物学、口腔病理学、牙体牙髓学、牙周病学、预防医学和儿童口腔医学、口腔修复学、口腔颌面外科学、口腔正畸学、口腔影像学、口腔材料学等学科；第三部分为附录，由两章组成，包括在IADR投稿须知和词汇表。为了方便读者的阅读，我们在每篇文章后面附有专业词汇、音标和较复杂句子的中文翻译。

本书不仅可以作为本科生、研究生的专业英语的教材，还可以作为广大的临床医师提高英语水平，接诊外籍患者的一本工具书。

Section 1 Conversation in Dental Clinics

Section 2 Text

Unit 1 Development, Structure and pH of Dental Plaque

Unit 2 Oral Ecology and Dental Caries

Unit 3 Saliva

Unit 4 A Tooth and Its Surroundings

Unit 5 Conservative Cavity Preparations

Uint 6 Clinical Classification of Pulpal and Periapieal Disease

Unit 7 Obturation of the Cleaned and Shaped Root Canal System

Unit 8 Histology and Physiology of the Dental Pulp

Unit 9 Endodontic diagnostic procedures

Unit 10 Periodontitis

Unit 11 Tobacco and Oral Diseases

Unit 12 Antimicrobial Effects of Mechanical Debridement

Unit 13 Pulpotomy and Radical Treatment for Primary Dentition

Unit 14 Cysts of the Jaws

Unit 15 Temporomandibular Disorders

Unit 16 Correction of Dentofacial Deformities

Unit 17 Facial Trauma

Unit 18 Current Management of Oral Cancer: A Multidisciplinary Approach

Unit 19 Removable partial denture

Unit 20 Principle of Tooth Preparation

Unit 21 Overview of Implant Dentistry

Unit 22 Overdentures

Unit 23 Guidelines for Using Posts in the Restoration of Endodontically Treated Teath

Unit 24 Establishing Jaw Relationships of Complete Denture

Unit 25 Orthodontic Appliances

Unit 26 Treatment Planning and Management

Unit 27 The Rationale for Orthodontic Treatment

Unit 28 Primary Preventive Dentistry I

Unit 29 Primary Preventive Dentistry II

Unit 30 Interpretation of normal intraoral radiograph

Unit 31 Investment Materials

Unit 32 Cusp - To - Fossa Waxing Technique

Appendix 1 Regulations Regarding IADR Presentations

Appendix 2 Word List