This text offers an authoritative account of general medical and surgical conditions as they apply to the practice of dentistry and oral healthcare. Now established as the standard reference on the subject, Medical Problems in Dentistry is essential for students learning for the first time or practitioners needing to keep up-to-date with their knowledge.
Key Features
- Detailed coverage outlines the complete relevance of systemic diseases and their treatment to dentistry - essential knowledge for the whole dental team
- User-friendly format allows ease of access to information whether for exam revision purposes or for a specific issue confronting staff in a busy clinical environment
- Clearly written with excellent use of illustrations, the book is an essential, easy to use, reliable source of information
New to This Edition
- Text completely updated and re-organised to increase focus on the more dentally-relevant aspects of medicine and subject areas that have undergone recent change
- Entries more fully alphabetized to improve access to information
- Accompanying 'key points boxes' highlight the most crucial aspects of specific medical conditions
- Content peer-reviewed by a specialist Advisory Board to ensure accuracy of information and the inclusion of the latest advances
- Additional coverage of autoinflammatory disorders, biological response modifiers, craniofacial transplantation, drug reactions, drug-resistant microbial infections, osteonecrosis, and immune reconstitution syndrome
- Completely new entries such as alternative and complementary medicine, health promotion, men's issues and occupational health
- New national and international guidelines, selected recent references and up-to-date websites
Contents
SECTION A: GENERAL
- 1. Medical emergencies
- 2. Medical history and risk assessment
- 3. Perioperative care
- 4. Signs and symptoms
SECTION B: ORGAN SYSTEMS MEDICINE
- 5. Cardiovascular medicine
- 6. Endocrinology
- 7. Gastrointestinal and pancreatic disorders
- 8. Haematology
- 9. Hepatology
- 10. Mental health
- 11. Mucosal, oral and cutaneous disorders
- 12. Nephrology
- 13. Neurology
- 14. Otorhinolaryngology
- 15. Respiratory medicine
- 16. Rheumatology and orthopaedics
SECTION C: OTHER SYSTEMS MEDICINE
- 17. Allergies
- 18. Autoimmune disease
- 19. Immunity, inflammatory disorders, immunosuppressive and anti-inflammatory agents
- 20. Immunodeficiencies
- 21. Infections and infestations
- 22. Malignant disease
- 23. Metabolic disorders
- 24. Trauma and burns
SECTION D: OTHER HEALTH ISSUES
- 25. Age and gender issues
- 26. Alternative and complementary medicine
- 27. Dietary factors and health and disease
- 28. Impairment and Disability
- 29. Materials and drugs
- 30. Minority groups
- 31. Occupational hazards
- 32. Sexual health
- 33. Sports, travel and leisure, pets
- 34. Substance dependence
- 35. Transplantation and tissue regeneration
SECTION E: APPENDIX
- 36. Health promotion
- 37. Eponymous and acronymous diseases and signs
About the Author
Crispian Scully, CBE, MD, PhD, MDS, MRCS, FDSRCS, FDSRCPS, FFDRCSI, FDSRCSE, FRCPath, FMedSci, FHEA, FUCL, DSc, DChD, DMed (HC), Professor of Oral Medicine, Pathology and Microbiology, University of London, UK UCL-Eastman Dental Institute, and WHO Collaborating Centre for Disability, Culture and Oral Health, London, UK; Visiting Professor at Universities of Edinburgh, Helsinki, Middlesex and West of England; Honorary Consultant at University College Hospitals, London, UK; Great Ormond Street Hospital, London; St. Savvas Hospital, Athens, Greece and European Institute for Oncology, Milan, Italy.
Product Details
- Hardcover: 768 pages
- Publisher: Churchill Livingstone; 6 edition (April 21, 2010)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0702030570
- ISBN-13: 978-0702030574
- Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.9 x 1.4 inches
List Price: $136.00