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Pediatric Medicine
American Academy of Pediatrics Textbook of Pediatric Care, 2nd Ed.ISBN: 1581109660Has information on: bone age, healing calluses, rib fracture, bone resorption, bowed legs, bone disease, audiogram, conductive hearing loss, language and speech development, collagen, genetic counseling, serum calcium, serum phosphate, serum alkaline phosphatase, PTH
CURRENT Diagnosis and Treatment Pediatrics, 26th ed.ISBN: 9781264269983Has information on: child development and behavior, child/adolescent psychiatric disorders, psychosocial aspects of pediatrics, child abuse and neglect
Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics, 21st Ed.ISBN: 9780323568883Has information on: development of teeth and dental anomalies (hint: search "imperfecta" and see Chapter 333); vital signs, physical examination, nutritional requirements, common fractures, bowed legs, thorax, ribs, assessment of growth, radiographs, teeth eruption, deciduous teeth, blue sclera(e) (osteogenesis imperfect-Chapter 721)
Illustrated Textbook of Paediatrics, 6th Ed.ISBN: 9780702081804Has information on: history and exam, normal child development, hearing and vision
Oski's Pediatrics: Principles & Practice, 4th Ed.ISBN: 0781738946Has information on: bone, joint, and muscle problems, pediatric oral problems, connective tissue diseases, emergency medicine
The Pediatric Diagnostic Examination, 1st Ed.ISBN: 9780071471763Has information on: physical examination, medical history, vital signs, primary dentition, fracture, trauma, bruising, language development, developmental delay, child abuse
Zitelli and Davis' Atlas of Pediatric Physical Diagnosis, 8th Ed.ISBN: 9780323777896Has information on: dental referral, dental exam, deciduous teeth, teeth eruption, yellow teeth, teeth development
Pediatric Dentistry
McDonald and Avery's Dentistry for the Child and Adolescent, 11th ed.ISBN: 9780323698207Has information on: child abuse and neglect, local/systemic/congenital factors that Influence the process of tooth eruption
Pediatric Dentistry: Infancy through Adolescence, 6th Ed.ISBN: 9780323608268Has information on: primary tooth eruption, discolored teeth, dental trauma, child abuse
Embryology
Before We Are Born: Essentials of Embryology and Birth Defects, 10th Ed.ISBN: 0323608493Has information on: embryology, inherited diseases, autosomal diseases
The Developing Human: Clinically Oriented Embryology, 11th Ed.ISBN: 9780323611541Has information on: skeletal system of the developing human
Child Abuse & Mandatory Reporting
Child Abuse: Medical Diagnosis and Management, 4th Ed.ISBN: 9781610023597Has information on: transverse fracture, rib fracture, callus formation, developmental delay, child abuse, reporting abuse
Child Abuse and Neglect: a Diagnostic Guide for Physicians, Surgeons, Pathologists, Dentists, Nurses and Social WorkersISBN: 9781840761238Has information on: signs & symptoms of abuse, mandatory reporting protocol
Mandatory Reporting Laws and the Identification of Severe Child Abuse and NeglectISBN: 9401796858Has information on: signs & symptoms of abuse, mandatory reporting law and processes
Physiology
Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology, 14th Ed.ISBN: 0323597122Has information on: parathyroid hormone, calcitonin/calcium and phosphate metabolism, vitamin D, bone and teeth
Ganong's Review of Medical Physiology, 26th Ed.ISBN: 9781260122404Has information on: learning, memory, language & speech
Clinical Medicine
Gomella and Haist's Clinician's Pocket Reference, 12th Ed.ISBN: 0071602828Has information on: HEENT exam, physical examination, vital signs, sclera, external canal, tympanic membrane
Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 21st Ed.ISBN: 1264268513Has information on: diseases and conditions
Oral & Maxillofacial Care
Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology: A Rationale for Diagnosis and Treatment, 2nd Ed.ISBN: 9780867155129Has information on: swollen jaw, facial pain, yellow, waxy teeth (hint: search "imperfecta" and see Chapter 5)
Dento/Oro/Craniofacial Anomalies and GeneticsISBN: 0123914736Has information on: dental anomalies, craniofacial anomalies
Laboratory & Diagnostic Tests
Fischbach's A Manual of Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests, 10th Ed.ISBN: 9781496377128Has information on: urine studies, lab values
Bone Health
Primer on the Metabolic Bone Diseases and Disorders of Mineral Metabolism, 9th Ed.ISBN: 9781119266570Has information on: bone diseases
Dictionaries (for reference)
Stedman's dental dictionary: illustrated, 2nd Ed.ISBN: 9781608311460
Concise Medical Dictionary, 10th Ed.ISBN: 9780191873768
Mosby's Dental Drug Reference, 13th Ed.ISBN: 9780323779364
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