Wheeler's Dental Anatomy, Physiology, and Occlusion
Editorial Reviews
Is this what we've come to?, August 29, 2003
Dentistry is a profession full of the "best and brightest" isn't it? Well
then who OK'd this vile, vomitous, asinine, random collection of information,
organized and edited by a chimp, and proofread by a ladybug, to be published?
There is no excuse for this. This is just another example of the rampant
intellectual laziness and smugness alive and well in our dental schools. "Its
the only text, so they have to read it, right?" Why are dental schools
underfunded? Because we don't want to send you any money after you make us wade
through this sewer of a book. I had to go back and teach myself all the dental
anatomy I DIDN'T learn from this book before my national boards, and I was #2 in
the class. We shouldn't have to put up with this garbage. Dental anatomy does
not have to be a nightmare if someone would, umm, really organize the
information maybe? You will be much better off if you just get the part 1 dental
decks to learn your dental anatomy. This is absolutely shameful and a black mark
on dental education.
Quit your whining. There are too many dentists anyway., September 10,
2001
To the reviewers who vilified this tome-> Hey guys, this text is a classic.
If learning is such a hateful thing to you, get out of dentistry now. You're off
to a good start to become a second rate dentist as it is. Here's an idea: learn
how to love dentistry, because you'll be practicing for a long time. Call me
crazy. I've been called worse. --This text refers to an
out of print or unavailable edition of this title
Hands down, the worst text in the history of mankind., October 19, 2000
Wheeler should have his dental license revoked, even if he knows his dental anatomy. I say this because he has no capacity to organize, no sense of what makes things understandable, and absolutely no clue whatsoever what a diagram or illustration is used for. This text is a disgrace to the dental field, because it makes all dental professionals look incompetent, and unable to convey information effectively. Dental anatomy is a collection of facts that should be presented either in list form, or as text attached to a WELL-LABELED diagram, with SOME description of what's going on. Instead, wheeler presents the data in lengthy prose (which, despite its boring length, is frequently unthorough). The text is loaded with blank diagrams, some shaded/contoured, some simply line drawings, and some drawn on a graph background, almost none of which have any kind of in-graphic labeling. The only description of the illustration comes at the bottom of it, and is nothing more than an identification of tooth and aspect of the picture. In addition, he fills up the book with idiotic pictures of real teeth side-by-side which vary greatly and essentially confuse matters. Needless to say, he never bothers to label anything within these pictures. It's extremely difficult to use this book to learn from. It's excessively tedious to get the information from the text, and almost impossible to make use of the illustrations. It's as if he initially wrote the text with no intent of including illustrations, then, at the request of others, threw in the illustrations at the very end. Apparently, Wheeler was too lazy to actually WRITE SOMETHING ON THE ILLUSTRATIONS! If you are a dental student, and your professor recommends this book, save
your money. This book is high-school. I'd give it zero stars if I could.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable
edition of this title
AWFUL, September 4, 2000
This is the most awfully written book I've read. Unfortunately, this happens to be "the bible" (!!?!??) in dental anatomy. It's boring, and the illustrations aren't clear and do not correspond well to the text. The author should be killed twice. Very unfortunately it is the main text in our dental anatomy course.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable
edition of this title Key Features
New to this Edition
Table of Contents1. Introduction to dental anatomy 2. Development and eruption of the teeth 3. The primary (deciduous) teeth 4. Forensics, comparative anatomy, geometries, and form and function 5. Orofacial complex: form and function 6. The permanent maxillary incisors 7. The permanent mandibular incisors 8. The permanent canines, maxillary and mandibular 9. The permanent maxillary premolars 10. The permanent mandibular premolars 11. The permanent maxillary molars 12. The permanent mandibular molars 13. Pulp chambers and canals 14. Dento-osseous structures, blood vessels and nerves 15. The temporomandibular joints, teeth, and muscles and their functions 16. Occlusion
By Major M Ash, Jr., BS, DDS, MS, MDhc, Marcus L. Ward Professor and Research Scientist, Emeritus, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; and Stanley J. Nelson, DDS, MS, Associate Professor, School of Dentistry, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX |