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Names: Shivappa, Anil Bangalore, author.
Title: An illustrated atlas of tooth carving and wax‐up techniques / Anil Bangalore Shivappa.
Description: Hoboken, NJ : Wiley‐Blackwell, 2021. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020030472 (print) | LCCN 2020030473 (ebook) | ISBN 9781119573586 (hardback) | ISBN 9781119573593 (adobe pdf) | ISBN 9781119573616 (epub)
Subjects: MESH: Tooth–anatomy & histology | Dental Prosthesis Design | Dental Models | Atlas
Classification: LCC RK305 (print) | LCC RK305 (ebook) | NLM WU 17 | DDC 617.6/3–dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020030472
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020030473
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Cover Images: Courtesy of Anil Bangalore Shivappa
I dedicate this book to my parents, Smt. Mahadevamma and Shri. Shivappa B, for their endless encouragement, support, prayers, and love that enabled me to reach this stage.
I also dedicate this book to my family and my sisters for their boundless support in writing this book.
As a student and as a teaching faculty member for nearly six years in the course on dental anatomy, I perceived that students in this course found it difficult to understand the concept of carving and waxing in terms of cognitive and psychomotor skills even though they have better knowledge in related subjects.
According to German anatomist and physiologist, Friedrich Tiedemann (1781–1861), ‘Doctors without anatomy are like moles. They work in the dark and the works of their hands are mounds’.
Dentistry, however, does not depend solely on knowledge but also on psychomotor skills. A successful dentist requires manual dexterity along with knowledge. Therefore, this book is written for both undergraduate and postgraduate dental students who find it difficult to carve and wax teeth and appreciate their features. Most students who are beginners in dentistry may not be skilled, and psychomotor and cognitive skill levels vary from person to person. This book is designed to help these students learn the skills or acquire manual dexterity. Carving skills are helpful in dental technician courses during the initial years of their syllabus for carving on wax blocks and plaster blocks as well as for making acrylic teeth and performing wax‐up procedures. Skills are useful in both preparation of tooth morphology and adjustments for casting procedures in later stages of their course.
Although there are many books on dental morphology (anatomy), there are not many that teach the skillful technique of carving (which will also be useful in restorative procedures) and waxing. Cognitive and psychomotor skills strengthen students' ability to effectively achieve the learning outcome.
This book will help students to systematically learn the specific steps of the procedures. For all undergraduate students, postgraduate dental students, and dental lab assistant course students, the book will be very useful for preclinical/lab procedures.
The line diagrams in the book show live demonstrations of the techniques of carving and waxing. They help students face the challenges they encounter in their study and improve their skills. The companion website will provide an overview of the procedural steps.
For exam preparation, this book helps students practise and quickly review the procedures/steps of carving and acquire theoretical knowledge of the morphology of each tooth.
The carving skills for clinicians will help them to provide proper morphology to each tooth, especially in aesthetic procedures and posterior restorative procedures.
This book makes it easy to learn the challenging task of carving (also in restorative procedures) and waxing teeth, using illustrative diagrams in a stepwise manner. It helps in instrumentation, wax preparation for carving, and wax building technique.
First and foremost, I thank
Dr. R. Venkata Subramanyam
Professor and Coordinator
Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery and Diagnostic Sciences
College of Dentistry
King Faisal University
Al Ahsa, Saudi Arabia
who has expertise in technology, for introducing me to the software, thereby making my dream come true. I also thank him for his valuable periodic suggestions.
I thank
Dr. Ravi Gummaraju Raghunath
Assistant Professor
Pediatric Dentistry Division
Department of Preventive Dentistry
College of Dentistry
King Faisal University
Al Ahsa, Saudi Arabia
for his support and guidance.
Dr. Benoy Mathews
Assistant Professor
Department of Prosthodontics & Implantology
College of Dentistry
King Faisal University
Al Ahsa, Saudi Arabia
for his support and help with the prosthodontic part of my work.
Dr. Shailesh Lele
FAIMER Institute Fellow
Professor, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery and Diagnostic Sciences
Coordinator, Department of Dental Education
College of Dentistry, King Faisal University
Al Ahsa, Saudi Arabia
for encouragement and support.
Dr. Abdel Raouf Alotaibi
Professor & Associate Dean
College of Dentistry
King Faisal University
Al Ahsa, Saudi Arabia
for encouragement and support.
Dr. Hamed Al Wadani
Dean, College of Dentistry
King Faisal University
Al Ahsa, Saudi Arabia
for encouragement and support.
Don’t forget to visit the companion website for this book:
www.wiley.com/go/bangalore/toothcarving
There you will find valuable material designed to enhance your learning, including learning outcomes for all chapters, video resources and all figures as downloadable PowerPoint slides.
Scan this QR code to visit the companion website.