Essentials of Human Disease in Dentistry

A comprehensive guide to providing effective dental treatment and care to patients affected by diseases
 
Essentials of Human Disease in Dentistry, Second Edition takes an integrated approach to dentistry and how it relates to general medicine, surgery, pharmacology, therapeutics, pathology and microbiology. Building on the success of the Textbook of Human Disease in Dentistry, this new edition has been updated with a new layout, featuring key topics, learning objectives and practical clinical advice in each chapter.
 
This accessible guide is structured around the systems of the body and covers all major diseases and conditions with their aetiology, symptoms, and treatments. The focus is on the relevance of particular diseases and their drug treatment in relation to dentistry and patient dental management.
 
This vital resource:
* Promotes a better understanding of how to provide effective dental treatment to patients affected by diseases
* Presents illustrative examples and helpful clinical photographs throughout
* Includes a new chapter on the importance of understanding shock
* Features self-assessment questions at the end of each chapter, and a companion website hosting downloadable images from the book
 
Essentials of Human Disease in Dentistry, Second Edition is an invaluable resource for undergraduate dentistry students as well as newly qualified dentists preparing for the MFDS exam.

List of contents

Contributors viii
 
Preface to the first edition xi
 
Preface to the second edition xii
 
Acknowledgements xiii
 
About the companion website xiv
 
1 Clinical examination and history taking 1
M Greenwood
 
2 Inflammation and anti-inflammatory drugs 11
CM Robinson and RA Seymour
 
3 Principles of infection and infection control 21
S Waugh, E Ong, S Hogg, K Orr, JG Meechan, RA Seymour, M Greenwood, C Taylor and G Toms
 
3A Sterilisation, disinfection and antiseptics 22
 
3B Principles of infection and infection control, diagnosis and treatment of bacterial infections 27
 
3C Viruses and antiviral agents relevant to dentistry 38
 
3D Infection with immunodeficiency virus and implications for the oral cavity: Infection with HIV 46
 
3E Fungi and antifungal agents 53
 
4 Immunological disease 55
C Stroud and H Bourne
 
5 Cardiovascular disorders 67
RH Jay, G Stansby, T Barakat, RA Seymour, JG Meechan, CM Robinson, M Greenwood, S Hogg and A Balakrishnan
 
5A Introduction to cardiovascular disease (CVD) 68
 
5B Heart failure 78
 
5C Cardiac arrhythmias 81
 
5D Valvular heart disease 84
 
5E Hypertension 87
 
5F Anticoagulants, drugs affecting blood clotting 92
 
5G Dental implications of CVD 95
 
5H Peripheral vascular and cardiac surgical disorders 97
 
6 Respiratory disorders 107
SJ Bourke and M Greenwood
 
7 Gastrointestinal disorders 120
M Greenwood, JG Meechan and JR Adams
 
8 Renal disorders 131
EK Montgomery, JA Sayer, AL Brown and M Greenwood
 
9 Neurology and special senses 145
M Greenwood, RI Macleod, RH Jay, JG Meechan, P Griffiths, N Ali and RJ Banks
 
9A Neurology 146
 
9B ENT 152
 
9C Neurological disorders and dental practice 155
 
9D Stroke, speech and swallowing 161
 
9E Ophthalmology 165
 
9 F Anticonvulsant and anti?]Parkinsonian drugs 170
 
10 Shock 173
S Clark
 
11 Musculoskeletal disorders 179
F Birrell, M Greenwood and RH Jay
 
12 Dermatology and mucosal lesions 194
K Staines
 
13 Endocrinology and diabetes 208
RH Jay, M Greenwood and JG Meechan
 
14 Pain and anxiety control 222
CC Currie, J Durham and JG Meechan
 
15 Adverse drug reactions and interactions 234
RA Seymour and M Greenwood
 
16 General oncology 251
CM Robinson and PJ Thomson
 
17 Child health 265
FE Hogg and RR Welbury
 
18 Medicine for the elderly 277
RH Jay
 
19 Psychiatric disorders 283
SJ Brown, M Greenwood and JG Meechan
 
19A General psychiatry 284
 
19B Drug abuse 304
 
19C Anxiolytic and hypnotic drugs 307
 
20 Haematology 309
J Hanley, A Lennard and S Mathia
 
20A General haematology, haemato?]oncology 310
 
20B Haemostasis 322
 
20C Transfusion medicine 329
 
21 Medical emergencies 334
M Greenwood
 
Appendix: normal reference ranges 346
 
Index 347

About the author

About the Author
Mark Greenwood is an NHS Consultant in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery as well as Honorary Clinical Professor of Medical Education in Dentistry at the School of Dental Sciences, Newcastle University, UK. Qualified in both medicine and dentistry, he has been published in many peer reviewed journals and has co-authored two books on general medicine and surgery for dental practitioners.

Summary

A comprehensive guide to providing effective dental treatment and care to patients affected by diseases

Essentials of Human Disease in Dentistry, Second Edition takes an integrated approach to dentistry and how it relates to general medicine, surgery, pharmacology, therapeutics, pathology and microbiology. Building on the success of the Textbook of Human Disease in Dentistry, this new edition has been updated with a new layout, featuring key topics, learning objectives and practical clinical advice in each chapter.

This accessible guide is structured around the systems of the body and covers all major diseases and conditions with their aetiology, symptoms, and treatments. The focus is on the relevance of particular diseases and their drug treatment in relation to dentistry and patient dental management.

This vital resource:
* Promotes a better understanding of how to provide effective dental treatment to patients affected by diseases
* Presents illustrative examples and helpful clinical photographs throughout
* Includes a new chapter on the importance of understanding shock
* Features self-assessment questions at the end of each chapter, and a companion website hosting downloadable images from the book

Essentials of Human Disease in Dentistry, Second Edition is an invaluable resource for undergraduate dentistry students as well as newly qualified dentists preparing for the MFDS exam.

Product details

• Authors: M Greenwood, Mark Greenwood, Mark (University of Newcastle) Greenwood
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2018
• EAN: 9781119251842
• ISBN: 978-1-119-25184-2
• No. of pages: 376
• Series: Essentials (Dentistry); Essentials (Dentistry)
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Zahnmedizin, dentistry, Oral Pathology, Oralpathologie, Wissenschaft u. Technologie der Mundheilkunde, Oral Sciences & Technology, Einführung i. d. Zahnmedizin, Introductions to Dentistry