The text is well written but presently the book is only available in the German language. An English version is underway and is estimated to be published some time in the spring of 1998. The chapters on Internet development and basics services on Internet describe in detail the various aspects of these functions. It is the reviewer's experience that most dentists and dental staff lack basic knowledge about the above features of electronic communication. It obvious that such insight is mandatory in order to be able to use the electronic facilities and Internet in a meaningful way.
Several chapters are devoted to the medical and dental resources available.
Unfortunately the development is so quick that the addresses indicated in the text not always have been updated to a reasonable standard. This casts no shadow on the authors instead a finger is a put one of the most important aspect of an Internet site-updating of the material. The half-life time of electronic material is astonishing short and therefore any printed text referring to specific electronic sites could by outdated before the printing has been done. Also some of the addresses indicated habour material which is of rather low quality. In the section on research projects with relation to the use of electronic media several interesting projects are referred.