Scully's Handbook of Medical Problems in Dentistry, 1st Edition

• 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

1 Health

Health promotion

Health hazards

Medical history

Preoperative assessment

Preoperative planning

Analgesia and behaviour management

Consent

Culture

Emergency procedure

Management of common emergencies

Children

Men’s health

Bladder cancer

Prostate cancer

Prostate hypertrophy

Testicular cancer

Older patients

Women’s health

Breast cancer

Cervical cancer

Ovarian cancer

Uterine cancer

Pregnancy

Menopause

Aortic valve disease

Cardiac arrhythmias

Cardiac failure

Cardiomyopathies

Cerebrovascular accidents

Congenital heart disease

Endocarditis

Hypertension

Ischaemic heart disease

Mitral valve disease

Myocardial infarction

Rheumatic fever

Surgery

Thrombosis

Acromegaly

Addison disease

Cushing’s syndrome

Diabetes insipidus

Diabetes mellitus
Hyperaldosteronism

Hyperparathyroidism

Hyperthyroidism

Hypoparathyroidism

Hypopituitarism (Dwarfism)

Hypothyroidism

Obesity

Coeliac disease

Colorectal cancer

Crohn’s disease

Cystic fibrosis

Diverticular disease

Gastric cancer

Gastric ulcer (see Peptic ulcer)

Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease

Head and neck cancer

Irritable bowel disease

Oesophageal carcinoma

Peptic ulcer

Pancreatitis

Pancreatic cancer

Ulcerative colitis

Chronic kidney disease

Kidney cancer

Kidney stones

Nephrotic syndrome

Pyelonephritis

Haematological

Anaemia

Haemophilias

Leukaemias

Lymphomas

Myeloma (Myelomatosis, Kahler disease)

Neutrophil defects

Thrombocytopenia

Hepatitis

Liver diseases

Allergies

Immunodeficiencies (Primary)

Lupus erythematosus

Scleroderma

Sjögren syndrome

Alzheimer disease (Alzheimer dementia)

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

Autism

Body dysmorphic disorder

Depression

Eating disorders

Mania

Obsessive-compulsive disorder

Panic disorder

Phobias

Schizophrenia

Self-harm

Erythema multiforme

Lichen planus

Pemphigoid

Pemphigus

Skin cancers

Musculoskeletal

Ankylosing spondylitis

Gout

Osteoarthritis (Osteoarthrosis)

Osteogenesis imperfecta

Osteoporosis

Paget disease of bone

Rheumatoid arthritis

Rickets and osteomalacia

Brain tumours

Epilepsy

Migraine

Multiple sclerosis (Disseminated sclerosis)

Myasthenia gravis

Parkinsonism

Trigeminal Autonomic Cephalgias

Trigeminal neuralgia

Asthma

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Lung cancer

Pneumonia

Sarcoidosis

Facial trauma

Head injury

Non-accidental injury

Spinal trauma

A range of infections

Candidosis (candidiasis)

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Endocarditis (see Cardiovascular disease)

Gonorrhoea

Gonorrhoea

Herpes viruses

Healthcare Associated Infections

HIV/AIDS

Human papilloma viruses (HPV)

Syphilis

Tuberculosis

8 Chemical dependence (drug addiction: substance abuse)

Chemical dependence

Alcohol use

Amphetamine use

Cocaine and crack use

Ecstasy (methylene-dioxy methamphetamine) use

Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) use

Inhalant use

Legal highs

Marijuana use

Nicotine use

Opioid and heroin use

9 Therapeutic modalities

Adverse reactions to drugs

Anti-thrombotic agents

Biological therapies

Chemotherapy

Complementary and alternative medicine

Graft versus host disease

Haemodialysis

Immunosuppressive treatment

Implanted devices

Palliative and end of life care

Radiotherapy

Splenectomy

Steroids (corticosteroids)

Transplantation

10 Disability, vulnerability and impairment

Bedbound patients

Cerebral palsy

Clefts

Disability and impairment

Down syndrome

Hearing impairment

Learning disability and impairment

Paralyses (head and neck)

Paraplegia

Physically disabled patients (see also specific conditions)

Visual impairment

Vulnerable groups

Appendix: Normal test values