Product Description

Dental students must learn how to identify and assess patients with medical conditions who may be at risk in the dentist′s chair, and refer them appropriately or seek medical advice before treatment commences. This textbook provides an overview of medical and surgical subjects (including pharmacology, therapeutics and anaesthetics) for final year dental students. The first section shows how to take a history and make a clinical examination. The second section covers pharmacology and anaesthetics followed by a third section on the major organ systems. The fourth section presents case–based clinical scenarios followed by a fifth section devoted to revision.

Key Features:
∗ essential subject for all dental students
∗ subjects include how to manage cardiac patients, the special problems of pregnant women, epilepsy, diabetes and psychiatric conditions
∗ shows how dental treatment can be provided safely to patients with chronic health problems
∗ shows how to cope with acute medical emergencies
∗ includes approximately 32 colour pictures and a helpful revision section

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #602119 in Books
• Published on: 2004-05-19
• Released on: 2004-06-21
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 296 pages

Review
"this text is admirably readable, covers a wide scope of material relevant to the management of medically compromised patients in a dental setting, and is likely to be a popular undergraduate text."
British Dental Journal

"the editor...has done sterling work in marrying the contributions of over 30 experts into a collection of chapters which every dental student and practising dentist will need to know.
"...it is written predominantly by doctors but exclusively for dentist who will undoubtedly benefit from the knowledge that their relative specialties afford."
BDA News

"The book is intended as a guide to human disease for dental students, dentists and professional [sic] complementary to dentistry."

"as a GDP I found this to be a helpful textbook, with easily accessibly information that achieved its objective and would certainly complement other texts on the subject"
Dental Update

BDA News
Contributions of over 30 experts into a collection of chapters which every dental student and practising dentist will need.

Dental Update
As a GDP I found this to be a helpful textbook, with easily accessible information that achieved its objective.