The Textbook and Color Atlas of Traumatic Injuries to the Teeth is dedicated to helping dental professionals visualize as well as implement therapeutic treatment. Currently in the 4th edition of a 30-year print run, this book deals with the full depth of acute dental trauma and all aspects of interdisciplinary treatment, with the important addition of a section on healing.

Every dental professional and specialist will benefit from this text, which presents a variety of interesting traditional and nontraditional material. The illustrations are breathtaking, balancing histology with contemporary esthetic management. Mixing 804 brightly colored drawings and clinical photo­graphs with fascinating chapters, Traumatic Injuries includes hundreds of examples of clinically relevant material, making the book less of a reference and more an update course. The text is clear and well written with references throughout.

Beyond the details of dental traumatology, Traumatic Injuries also touches on the social responsibilities of the dental profession. These include child abuse, impact of post-trauma treatment costs, impact on psyche, and a chapter on outreach communications for public awareness of dental trauma.

Traumatic Injuries will serve as an ex­cellent reference for practitioners and specialists who have a good working knowl­edge of dental traumatology, but it is a gold standard for building the student’s lifelong reference library.

Textbook and Color Atlas of Trau­matic Injuries to the Teeth 4th Edition. J.O. Andreasen, F.M. Andreasen, and L. Andersson, editors. Blackwell Munksgaard, 2007. 912 pages.