Scully's Handbook of Medical Problems in Dentistry, 1st Edition
Paperback
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- Highlights the main points of human diseases and their relevance to oral healthcare in a practical way
- Gives particular focus on areas that are of major concern to dentistry and oral healthcare e.g. allergies, bleeding tendencies, endocrine disorders - especially diabetes - gravid patients, hepatitis and other transmissible diseases, and malignant disease
- Explains the process of risk assessment, pain and anxiety control, patient access and positioning, treatment modification and drug use
- ‘Relevance for Dentistry’ boxes highlight the most crucial aspects of specific conditions
- Contains new national and international guidelines, further reading and up-to-date websites
- More than meets the needs of the UK General Dental Council (GDC) document ‘Preparing for practice; Dental team learning outcomes for registration’.
- Ideal for all dental students, general dental practitioners and hospital-based dentists together with other oral healthcare staff who need to keep up to date with medical knowledge
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1 Health
2 Healthcare
3 Main emergencies
4 Age and gender
5 System synopses
6 Trauma
7 Infections
8 Chemical dependence (drug addiction)
9 Therapeutic modalities
10 Disability, vulnerability and impairment
Appendix: Normal test values
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