Book reviews

The first edition of this text book was published back in 2003, since then it has been like a chameleon, changing its cover colour from the original blue/purple, to fuchsia pink (second edition published 2008) and now, in this 2015 third edition, to canary yellow. Colour is not the only thing that has changed with each edition; it has had a battle with its weight, going from 341 pages (first edition) to a colossal 605 page second edition and back to a more manageable 451 pages of text in this edition. Whilst some chapters appear familiar, the book has undergone a considerable re-write and restructure and still remains one of the most authoritative international texts on dental caries. It is written by some of the most eminent academics and clinicians that the subject of cariology has seen and has been carefully edited to read as one coherent text rather than a compilation of publications. It is beautifully illustrated throughout with many high quality, colour, clinical images and clear explanatory graphic and line diagrams.