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, <i>Medical Problems in Dentistry</i> is essential for students learning for the first time or practitioners needing to keep up-to-date with their knowledge.
- <p>SECTION A: GENERAL</p><br><p>1. Medical Emergencies</p><br><p>2. Medical History and Risk Assessment</p><br><p>3. Perioperative Care</p><br><p>4. Signs and Symptoms </p><br><p>SECTION B: ORGAN SYSTEMS </p><br><p>5. Cardiovascular medicine </p><br><p>6. Endocrinology </p><br><p>7. Gastrointestinal and pancreatic disorders</p><br><p>8. Haematology </p><br><p>9. Hepatology</p><br><p>10. Mental Health</p><br><p>11. Mucosal, oral and cutaneous disorders </p><br><p>12. Nephrology</p><br><p>13. Neurology </p><br><p>14. Otorhinolaryngology</p><br><p>15. Respiratory medicine</p><br><p>16. Rheumatology and orthopaedics</p><br><p></p><br><p>SECTION C: OTHER SYSTEMS MEDICINE</p><br><p>17. Allergies</p><br><p>18. Autoimmune disease</p><br><p>19. Immunity, inflammatory disorders and anti-inflammatory agents </p><br><p>20. Immunodeficiencies</p><br><p>21. Infections and infestations</p><br><p>22. Malignant disease </p><br><p>23. Metabolic disorders</p><br><p>24. Trauma and burns</p><br><p>SECTION D: OTHER HEALTH ISSUES</p><br><p>25. Age and gender issues</p><br><p>26. Alternative and Complementary Medicine</p><br><p>27. Dietary factors and health and disease</p><br><p>28. Disability</p><br><p>29. Materials and Drugs </p><br><p>30. Minority groups</p><br><p>31. Occupational hazards</p><br><p>32. Sexual health</p><br><p>33. Sports, leisure, travel and pets</p><br><p>34. Substance dependence</p><br><p>35. Transplantation and tissue regeneration</p><br><p>SECTION E: APPENDIX</p><br><p>36. Health promotion</p><br><p>37. Eponymous and acronymous diseases and signs</p>
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
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