**Selected for 2026 Doody's Core Titles as an Essential Purchase in Dentistry**
Enhance your skills in patient assessment, oral diagnosis, and treatment planning! A full-color, all-in-one reference, Diagnosis and Treatment Planning in Dentistry, 4th Edition helps you create person-centered dental treatment plans for adolescent and adult patients. Using evidence-based research, this text shows how risk assessment, prognosis, and expected treatment outcomes factor into the planning process. Detailed coverage guides you through each phase of the treatment plan. New to this edition are chapters covering digital tools used in treatment planning and revised content in all chapters. The book renews a core section that describes how to plan and provide optimal oral health care for unique patient populations. Written by noted dentistry educators Stephen Stefanac and Samuel Nesbit, this must-have resource includes a fully searchable eBook version free with each print purchase.
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. ii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Any screen, Any time, Anywhere - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. IFC1 6. Contributors - p. iv 7. Dedication - p. iv 8. Preface - p. ix 9. Acknowledgments - p. xii 10. Video Toc - p. xiii 11. Section 1: Patient Evaluation and Diagnosis - p. xix 12. List of Illustrations - p. xix 13. List of Tables - p. xix 14. Chapter 1: Patient Evaluation and Assessment - p. xix 15. Chapter 2: Common Diagnoses in Dentistry - p. 21.e5 16. Section 2: The Treatment Planning Process - p. 72.e8 17. Chapter 3: Evidence-Based Treatment Planning: Assessment of Risk, Prognosis, and Expected Outcomes - p. 72.e8 18. Chapter 4: Digital Tools for Diagnosis and Treatment Planning - p. 100.e3 19. Chapter 5: Developing the Treatment Plan - p. 122.e1 20. Chapter 6: Interprofessional Treatment Planning - p. 138 21. Chapter 7: Ethical and Legal Considerations When Treatment Planning - p. 156.e4 22. Section 3: Phases of the Treatment Plan - p. 173 23. Chapter 8: The Systemic Phase of Treatment - p. 173 24. Chapter 9: The Acute Phase of Treatment - p. 192 25. Chapter 10: The Disease Control Phase of Treatment - p. 210 26. Chapter 11: The Definitive Phase of Treatment - p. 245.e1 27. Chapter 12: The Maintenance Phase of Care - p. 288.e5 28. Section 4: Planning Treatment for Unique Populations - p. 308.e1 29. Chapter 13: Patients With Special Needs - p. 308.e1 30. Chapter 14: Patients Who Are Substance Dependent - p. 335 31. Chapter 15: Patients With Anxiety, Fear, or a Phobia of Dental Care - p. 353 32. Chapter 16: Patients With a Psychological Disorder - p. 373.e3 33. Chapter 17: Adolescent Patients - p. 394 34. Chapter 18: Geriatric Patients - p. 411 35. Chapter 19: Patients Who Are Motivationally or Financially Challenged - p. 438 36. Glossary - p. 458 37. Index - p. 458
**Selected for 2026 Doody's Core Titles as an Essential Purchase in Dentistry**
Enhance your skills in patient assessment, oral diagnosis, and treatment planning! A full-color, all-in-one reference, Diagnosis and Treatment Planning in Dentistry, 4th Edition helps you create person-centered dental treatment plans for adolescent and adult patients. Using evidence-based research, this text shows how risk assessment, prognosis, and expected treatment outcomes factor into the planning process. Detailed coverage guides you through each phase of the treatment plan. New to this edition are chapters covering digital tools used in treatment planning and revised content in all chapters. The book renews a core section that describes how to plan and provide optimal oral health care for unique patient populations. Written by noted dentistry educators Stephen Stefanac and Samuel Nesbit, this must-have resource includes a fully searchable eBook version free with each print purchase.
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. ii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Any screen, Any time, Anywhere - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. IFC1 6. Contributors - p. iv 7. Dedication - p. iv 8. Preface - p. ix 9. Acknowledgments - p. xii 10. Video Toc - p. xiii 11. Section 1: Patient Evaluation and Diagnosis - p. xix 12. List of Illustrations - p. xix 13. List of Tables - p. xix 14. Chapter 1: Patient Evaluation and Assessment - p. xix 15. Chapter 2: Common Diagnoses in Dentistry - p. 21.e5 16. Section 2: The Treatment Planning Process - p. 72.e8 17. Chapter 3: Evidence-Based Treatment Planning: Assessment of Risk, Prognosis, and Expected Outcomes - p. 72.e8 18. Chapter 4: Digital Tools for Diagnosis and Treatment Planning - p. 100.e3 19. Chapter 5: Developing the Treatment Plan - p. 122.e1 20. Chapter 6: Interprofessional Treatment Planning - p. 138 21. Chapter 7: Ethical and Legal Considerations When Treatment Planning - p. 156.e4 22. Section 3: Phases of the Treatment Plan - p. 173 23. Chapter 8: The Systemic Phase of Treatment - p. 173 24. Chapter 9: The Acute Phase of Treatment - p. 192 25. Chapter 10: The Disease Control Phase of Treatment - p. 210 26. Chapter 11: The Definitive Phase of Treatment - p. 245.e1 27. Chapter 12: The Maintenance Phase of Care - p. 288.e5 28. Section 4: Planning Treatment for Unique Populations - p. 308.e1 29. Chapter 13: Patients With Special Needs - p. 308.e1 30. Chapter 14: Patients Who Are Substance Dependent - p. 335 31. Chapter 15: Patients With Anxiety, Fear, or a Phobia of Dental Care - p. 353 32. Chapter 16: Patients With a Psychological Disorder - p. 373.e3 33. Chapter 17: Adolescent Patients - p. 394 34. Chapter 18: Geriatric Patients - p. 411 35. Chapter 19: Patients Who Are Motivationally or Financially Challenged - p. 438 36. Glossary - p. 458 37. Index - p. 458
