Bøger af Ashwin Rao

This book is a comprehensive guide for dentists on the practical use of midazolam in Pediatric Dentistry. It discusses predictable ways to achieve minimal/moderate sedation with midazolam. Midazolam is one of the most effective anxiolytic drugs and the sedative of choice in pediatric patients, especially for those of a certain age, extreme anxiety, and an inability to comprehend instructions. This book covers various aspects of midazolam sedation including pre-operative assessment, case selection, different routes of administration, intraoperative protocol, emergency management and meticulous documentation. It explains the importance of its conjunction with sound fundamentals of non-pharmacological behavior guidance and good local anesthetic techniques. Readers will learn how the rapid absorption, onset of action and fast metabolism makes midazolam an ideal short acting agent for dental procedures in children and a valuable asset in the child management armamentarium of dentists treating children.

This book demystifies Reinforcement Learning, and makes it a practically useful tool for those studying and working in applied areas, especially finance. This book seeks to overcome that barrier, and to introduce the foundations of RL in a way that balances depth of understanding with clear, minimally technical delivery.

This clinical guide, featuring a wealth of high-quality photographs, will help pediatric dentists, pediatric dentistry residents and general dental practitioners treating children, acquire a clear understanding of contemporary treatment protocols for primary and young permanent teeth while serving as a guide to integrate these procedures into their private or institutional practice. The background to the book is the emergence in recent years of important paradigm shifts in treatment concepts. It is now recognized that clinicians must distinguish between "caries management" and "carious lesion management" when treating children. Moreover, regenerative endodontic procedures have changed the way in which the immature permanent tooth is treated. The authors present the full range of current treatment techniques step-by-step, with all the necessary detailed photographic documentation and succinct supporting text. It will be an asset for dentists worldwide.