Successful Preventive Dental Practices

"Successful Preventive Dental Practices" describes internationally renowned dentist Dr. Robert F. Barkley's personally developed philosophy of preventive dentistry. His teachings serve as a superb reference and resource for the dental community. This philosophy redefines the dentist-patient relationship by encouraging patients to develop a sense of responsibility for their own health. Dr. Barkley teaches the dentist and dental student how to apply this philosophy to their practice. This book states the problems dentists face and offers clearly defined elements necessary in building a philosophy and practice model to resolve such problems. It is the author's hope that many will be motivated with a genuine desire to help create a relevant, mature and educationally sound approach to the current challenge - an approach that will contain the elements needed to continually adapt to future challenges.