More new books received this week

Esthetics with resin composite: basics and techniques / Burkard Hugo. London : Quintessence, c2009.

This book/DVD set demonstrates the diverse treatment options available and the impressive outcomes that can be achieved with the skillful use of the direct resin composite technique. The book shows how highly esthetic direct resin composite restorations can be created in the anterior dentition using a minimally invasive approach.





Food constituents and oral health: current status and future prospects. / Michael Wilson (ed). Boca Raton : CRC Press ; Oxford : Woodhead Publishing, 2009.

Examines oral conditions and diseases with specific chapters assessing bacterial, viral and fungal infections, and effects of specific foods and food components including sugar alcohols and antioxidants. Discusses the development of foods and supplements for oral health and oral healthcare products.





Cone-beam volumetric imaging in dental, oral and maxillofacial medicine: fundamentals, diagnostics and treatment planning / Joachim E. Zöller. London : Quintessence, c2008.

Modern dental diagnostics has always depended on x-ray technology. The demands for minimally invasive surgical procedures have led to widespread use of digital volume tomography (CBVI) in dental medicine.





Endodontic microbiology / edited by Ashraf F. Fouad. Oxford : Wiley-Blackwell, c2009.

Thoroughly examines the expanding and evolving body of knowledge about endodontic microbiology. Topics covered include primary localized and spreading infections, persistent and resistant microorganisms, virulence factors, effective antimicrobials agents and strategies and systemic dissemination of endodontic microorganisms.





Esthetic clinical case studies: dilemmas and solutions. / Irfan Ahmad. London ; Chicago : Quintessence Pub., c2009.

This beautifully illustrated book addresses common challenges in the esthetic zone. Focusing on the anterior dentition, the author demonstrates how a systematic, evidenced-based approach can transform esthetic dilemmas into solutions. The pros and cons of various treatment options are presented in the comprehensive planning of each case.

New books received this week

Master dentistry (Volume 1) / Paul Coulthard. 2nd ed. Edinburgh ; New York : Churchill Livingstone, 2008.

Description: Great blend of core teaching and texts from the relevant disciplines, to allow students the opportunity to gain not only core knowledge but also the ability to approach clinical problem solving logically. The volume also conditions the student to make sensible, safe and informed decisions about patient management.





Pediatric dentistry: a clinical approach. / Göran Koch (ed). Oxford ; Ames, Iowa : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.

Description: Covers the full spectrum of the subject, basing itself in the clinical practice of the dental treatment of children and adolescents and providing a special emphasis on evidence-based oral health care for young people. Provides comprehensive coverage of all aspects of treatment for children.






Sleep medicine for dentists: a practical overview / edited by Gilles J. Lavigne. Chicago : Quintessence Pub., c2009.

Description: This concise clinical handbook educates dental practitioners seeking to understand, recognize, and manage disorders such as sleep apnea, sleep bruxism, and chronic pain, which often interfere with or intrude into sleep and are critically important to the practice of dentistry.






ADA guidelines for infection control. / Australian Dental Association St Leonards, NSW : Australian Dental Association, 2008.

Description: The most recent infection control guidelines. Also available online at http://opac.library.usyd.edu.au/record=b3693276~S4

Short online tutorials on using ABS data

The Australian Bureau of Statistics now has a series of short online tutorials on using ABS data. These may be used for teaching or to help you to understand and make the best use of ABS information. The following tutorials are now available on the ABS home page:


Basic Community Profile Tutorial How to find your area of interest and download Census data.
Navigating and Searching the ABS Website Description of main elements on ABS website home page and demonstration of some different ways of searching the website.
How to Find Consumer Price Index (CPI) Data Tutorial Description of how to find Consumer Price Index (CPI) data on the website, what it measures and how to use it.
Finding Indigenous Data Tutorial How to find data about people who identify as being of Australian Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander origin or both and other related information on the ABS website.
Understanding ABS Geography Tutorial Introduction to the main geographical levels used by the ABS for organising data.
Understanding CDATA online How to create and customise your own data needs using CDATA Online. Help with creating a table, customising your table, custom data, and viewing graphs and maps.

New e-book

Basic guide to dental instruments / Carmen Scheller. Oxford ; Ames, Iowa : Blackwell Munksgaard, 2006.

Description: Basic Guide to Dental Instruments provides a working inventory of dental instrumentation in common use in dental surgeries. A clear photograph of each class and many varieties of instrument is included, and then described according to the following principles: name, usage, any relevant features and varieties. Each section is dedicated to a specific discipline or division of dentistry. Complete set-ups have been included at the end of most sections for various procedures. The coverage reflects instrumentation and accessory items used in general dental practice, routine hospital dental procedures and selected specialist settings.

New books received this week

Introduction to metal-ceramic technology / W. Patrick Naylor. 2nd ed. Hanover Park, IL : Quintessence Pub. Co., c2009.

Description: This is an introductory-level, skill-oriented technical guide to fabricating metal ceramic dental restorations. The book includes information on porcelain firing schedules, a list of suitable equipment, instruments and materials.





The literature review: six steps to success. / by Lawrence A. Machi. Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Corwin Press, c2009.

Description: A book on developing and writing an effective literature review for a research project, thesis, or dissertation. Organized around a comprehensive and detailed six-step developmental model, it provides guided exercises, graphics, charts, and examples from the everyday experiences of researchers.





Langman's medical embryology. / Thomas W. Sadler. 11th ed. Baltimore, Md. : Lippincott William & Wilkins,, c2010.

Description: The new edition of this classic text covers all aspects of embryology of interest to medical, nursing, and health professions students. It features outstanding full-colour illustrations, clinical images and photographs.






Practical lessons in endodontic treatment. / Donald E. Arens [et al.] Chicago : Quintessence Books, c2009.

Description: Offers expert guidance to clinicians who have limited experience in the nonsurgical procedures involved in root canal therapy. Synthesizing the very latest clinical concepts and technologies with tried-and-true traditional treatment methods, it introduces readers to the challenges associated with nonsurgical endodontics.

Have you noticed a new link on the Faculty home page?

It is at http://www.dentistry.usyd.edu.au/
It is on the left
It is called libraryPLUS
And it is there for one reason only: You.



For students:
• Check out the list of core e-books and multimedia resources you can use in learning
• For a quick 'one-stop-shop' to core resources please mouse over Basic Sciences, Dental Specialties or General Dentistry and select any area of interest
• Find biostatistics, epidemiology and evidence-based practice resources for your PEARLS under EBP
• Click Write, cite and publish for help with citing and compiling bibliographies for assignments or with writing literature reviews
• Explore the other tags, there are heaps of other useful information on this site

For staff:
• Check out the core e-books and use them in teaching. Our students are all over the place but e-books can be accessed from anywhere.
• Look at Basic Sciences, Dental Specialties, General Dentistry and EBP resources and make suggestions for inclusion/exclusion and purchase of new material
• Learn how to measure your research output and get help with citing, writing and publishing
• Explore novel e-learning resurces, they could change the way you access, teach, communicate and assess knowledge. Please provide feedback on individual resources and suggest new ones! You can do this online on the same page.

The sole purpose of this site is to enhance your learning and teaching experience. Please make the best of it and help make it better for our current and future students and staff.

Mobile WebCT?

Sounds futuristic? Read on..... Blackboard bought a student-run company that makes iPhone applications for colleges according to the Wired Campus Blog. Back in 2005 Blackboard also acquired WebCT, the platform we use for online teaching. Could Blackboard bring teaching and learning in the near future to where students are, which is on mobile devices?

New books received this week

Dental anatomy coloring book / edited by Margaret J. Fehrenbach. St. Louis, Mo. : Saunders Elsevier, c2008.

Description: This book helps you learn different structures and tests your knowledge of anatomy in a unique coloring book format. Numbered leader lines clearly identify the structures to be colored and correspond to a numbered list appearing below the illustration and make it easy to see the dental anatomy.




The literature review: a step-by-step guide for students. / Diana Ridley. London : SAGE, 2008.

Description: A concise step-by-step guide to conducting a literature search and writing up the literature review chapter in Masters dissertations and in Ph.D. and professional doctorate theses. This is an accessible, pragmatic and highly practical resource that will be welcomed by postgraduate students of any discipline.





Introduction to human anatomy and physiology / Eldra Pearl Solomon. 3rd ed. St. Louis, Mo. : Saunders/Elsevier, c2009.

Description: This practical textbook introduces you to basic anatomy and physiology covering need-to-know principles with real-world examples that make key concepts easy to understand. Its logically organized into 17 chapters that each explores a particular body system.

New EBP clinical & educational resource

The Library has organized a trial of JAMAevidence, a learning tool which provides students, educators and clinicians with the tools required for understanding and applying evidence, and making clinical decisions based on evidence. To access this resource please go to Databases on trial and scroll down to JAMAevidence. Unikey required for off-campus login.

Please try it out and let us know what you think using the Database Evaluation Form. Your comments are vital to the overall evaluation process and will have an important influence on whether the Library will subscribe to this resource.

The trial is running until the 10th August 2009.

Recent articles by Faculty staff & students

The following papers have been added to PubMed in the last 40 days:

Zoellner H, Siddiqui S, Kelly E, Medbury H. The anti-apoptotic activity of albumin for endothelium is inhibited by advanced glycation end products restricting intramolecular movement. Cell Mol Biol Lett. 2009 May 30. [Epub ahead of print]








Yap AK, Klineberg I. Dental implants in patients with ectodermal dysplasia and tooth agenesis: a critical review of the literature. Int J Prosthodont. 2009 May-Jun;22(3):268-76.









Sriram D, Jones A, Alatli-Burt I, Darendeliler MA. Effects of mechanical stimuli on adaptive remodeling of condylar cartilage. J Dent Res. 2009 May;88(5):466-70.










Nash PG, Macefield VG, Klineberg IJ, Murray GM, Henderson LA. Differential activation of the human trigeminal nuclear complex by noxious and non-noxious orofacial stimulation. Hum Brain Mapp 2009 June 2. [Epub ahead of print]









Deane SA, Cistulli PA, Ng AT, Zeng B, Petocz P, Darendeliler MA. Comparison of mandibular advancement splint and tongue stabilizing device in obstructive sleep apnea: a randomized controlled trial. Sleep. 2009 May 1;32(5):648-53.

We give you 1.5 extra hours per day

to study before and after lectures, tutorials and clinics. With the exception of the non-teaching period between 28 September and 9 October, the Dentistry Library is now open from 8:00 am to 6:30 pm Monday to Friday. The trial ends on 20 November 2009. Please help us serve you better by using your Library in the mornings and evenings.

New books received this week

An introduction to dental materials / Richard van Noort. Edinburgh : Mosby, 2007.

Description: This textbook considers the properties and applications of dental materials and includes all the necessary basic science and clinical applications. All dental students need to acquire a working knowledge of both the properties and applications of the materials which they will use.





Oral microbiology / Philip D. Marsh. 5th ed. Edinburgh ; New York : Elsevier, 2009.

Description: In the new edition, greater emphasis is placed on the role of current molecular biology techniques in the understanding of oral microbes. The book also provides insight into current therapeutic and prophylactic antibiotic use, infection control, and the relationships between oral and general health.





Wheeler's dental anatomy, physiology, and occlusion / Stanley J. Nelson. 9th ed. St. Louis, Mo. : Saunders/Elsevier, c2010.

Description: Features a visually oriented presentation of dental anatomy, physiology, and occlusion – the foundation for all of the dental sciences. Coverage includes discussions of clinical considerations, dentitions, pulp formation, and the sequence of eruptions.

Directory of open access journals

The aim of the Directory of Open Access Journals is to increase the visibility and ease of use of open access scientific and scholarly journals thereby promoting their increased usage and impact. It is hosted, maintained and partly funded by Lund University Libraries Head Office (Sweden). The Directory aims to be comprehensive and cover all open access scientific and scholarly journals that use an appropriate quality control system, and it will not be limited to particular languages or subject areas. Currently it lists 43 dentistry, 311 medicine, and 126 public health open access journals.

Top 10 e-books

Would you like to know which Stat!REF e-books were most popular in the last 12 months? Here is the list in descending order:

1. Oral pathology / J.V. Soames and J.C. Southam.
2. Endodontics / John I. Ingle, Leif K. Bakland, J. Craig Baumgartner.
3. Oxford handbook of clinical dentistry / David A. Mitchell and Laura Mitchell.
4. Dental materials and their selection / William J. O'Brien (Ed).
5. Critical decisions in periodontology / Walter B. Hall (Ed).
6. Burket's oral medicine / by Martin S. Greenberg (Ed).
7. Essentials of microbiology for dental students / Jeremy Bagg.
8. Peterson's principles of oral & maxillofacial surgery / Michael Miloro (Ed).
9. Oral and maxillofacial pathology / Robert E. Marx, Diane Stern.
10 Bell's orofacial pains / Jeffrey P. Okeson.

You can access these e-books 24/7 with your UniKey. Make sure you log off when finished so others can get on. See the full list of Stat!REF e-books we subscribe to.