ACUPUNCTURE FOR DENTISTS - 10 CENTRAL TREATMENTS - REVIEWS Acupuncture in Medicine 2005:23, p. 45. Davis J. C. Johnson, Community Dental Officer: "This is an easy to use reference text for the dentist who is embarking on their basic acupuncture training and bringing it into their everyday practice. In fact, it is ideal for anyone using acupuncture to treat head end neck complaints. The book is designed so that it will stand upright on your desk, thus aiding reference during treatment. This design also means you can use it as a flipchart to explain to patients the cause of their facial pain symptoms and the proposed treatment to alleviate their complaint. In brief, the book is divided in two sections, a general section and a treatment section. The general section starts with the basic concepts of acupuncture, examination of the patient, safe needling techniques, and the neurophysiology of acupuncture. The treatment section describes the treatment of ten conditions, namely: atypical facial pain, temporomandibular joint dysfunction, trigeminal neuralgia, sinuitis, stress, neck pain, headache and migraine, xerostomia, nausea and vomiting, and gag reflex. The book is constructed so that the main text and acupuncture point locations are on the front of each page, with larger illustrations on the back of the page for reference and patient explanation. The illustrations by Vibeke Holstein Schmidt are bold, well depicted, and extremely easy to understand. They cover the meridians of the head and neck region, acupuncture location, and trigger points. For each of the conditions described there are: basic treatment acupuncture points and supplementary points, both of which have suggested needle size, insertion depth, and angle. Trigger points in the associated muscles with their pain radiation are also discussed, with illustrations demonstrating these as well as the acupuncture points. Overall, Dr Rosted has given the practitioner of the head and neck acupuncture a fantastic book from which to form the basis of their knowledge, whilst also providing an effective tool for patient education during consultations."