Essential Human Disease for Dentists

By Christopher Sproat, Lecturer in Human Disease, Department of Oral Surgery, GKT Dental Institute, London, UK; Georgina Burke, Research Fellow in Neurology, Oxford, UK; and Mark McGurk, Professor, Department of Oral Surgery, GKT Dental Institute, London, UK

A concise pocketbook for dental students and general dental practitioners, covering general medicine and the implications of medical conditions for dental practice.

FEATURES

• A pocketbook on human disease, concentrating on the essential core of knowledge needed by the dentist.
• Focuses on the implications of conditions and drug treatment for dental practice, with important practice points emphasized in boxes.
• Standardised headings for each condition and concise text make instant reference easy in clinical situations.
• Comprehensive coverage of relevant conditions from cardiovascular and respiratory disease through to psychiatric disorders, extremes of age and pregnancy.
• Covers an area that has considerable medicolegal relevance for today's dentists - failure to take account of pre-existing conditions or drug treatments may lead to litigation.
• Procedures for dealing with medical emergencies in the dental surgery are described.
• Illustrated in colour.

CONTENTS

• 1 Assessment and risk management
• 2 Cardiovascular history and examination
• 3 Respiratory examination
• 4 Gastroenterology
• 5 Neurological disorders
• 6 Endocrine disease
• 7 Musculoskeletal diseases
• 8 Liver and renal disease
• 9 Haematology
• 10 Skin diseases
• 11 Infectious diseases
• 12 ENT disorders
• 13 Immunologically mediated diseases
• 14 Psychiatric disorders
• 15 Extremes of age
• 16 Pregnancy
• 17 Transplant patients
• 18 Malignant disease
• 19 Disability
• 20 Health promotion
• 21 Medical emergencies in dental practice
• 22 Emergency kit
• 23 Intravenous cannulation and IM injection