This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States.  It is comprehensive and concise information source on special care dentistry by the foremost authority on the subject in the UK.

• 1. INTRODUCTION<br>Definitions<br>Causes of disability<br>Access and legal background (Disability Discrimination Act)<br>Implications of disability legislation<br><br>2. APPROPRIATE ORAL HEALTH CARE<br>Barriers to oral healthcare<br>Goals<br>The people involved in providing care<br>Treatment planning <br>Consent <br>Oral health in people with disabilities<br>Treatment modification<br><br>3. SPECIFIC PROBLEM AREAS; ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED<br><br>A<br>Acromegaly<br>Addisonâ™s disease<br>AIDS (see HIV/AIDS)<br>Alcoholism<br>Alzheimerâ™s disease<br>Amphetamine, LSD and Ecstasy abuse<br>Anaemias; deficiency (and see specific conditions)<br>Ankylosing spondylitis<br>Angina (see Ischaemic Heart Disease)<br>Anorexia (see Eating disorders)<br>Anticoagulants (see Warfarinisation and Heparinisation)<br>Anxiety states<br>Aortic valve diseases<br>Arthritis (see Gout, Osteoarthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis)<br>Asplenia<br>Asthma<br>Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder<br>Autism<br><br>B<br>Bedbound patients<br>Bleeding disorders (see specific diseases)<br>Blind patients (see Visually impaired)<br>Bone marrow transplantation<br>Bulimia (see Eating disorders)<br><br>C<br>Cancer (of head and neck)<br>Cardiac arrhythmias<br>Cardiac failure<br>Cerebral palsy<br>Chairbound patients (see Spina bifida)<br>Chemotherapy<br>Christmas disease<br>Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease<br>Cocaine abuse<br>Congenital heart disease<br>Creutzfeldt Jakob disease<br>Crohn disease<br>Cushingâ™s syndrome<br>Cystic fibrosis<br><br>D<br>Deafness (see Hearing impaired)<br>Depression<br>Diabetes insipidus<br>Diabetes mellitus<br>Down syndrome<br>Drug abuse (see individual drugs)<br>Drug allergies<br><br>E<br>Eating disorders <br>Elderly<br>End of life care<br>Endocarditis<br>Endocrinopathies (see specific diseases)<br>Epilepsy<br><br>F<br>Fallot´s tetralogy (see Congenital heart disease)<br><br>G<br>Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase (G6PD) Deficiency <br>Gout <br>Graft versus host disease (GVHD)<br><br>H<br>Haemophilia A<br>Hearing impaired<br>Heart transplantation<br>Heparinisation<br>Hepatitis (B,C,and D viruses and autoimmune)<br>Heroin and opioid abuse<br>HIV / AIDS<br>Huntington´s chorea<br>Hydrocephalus<br>Hyperaldosteronism<br>Hyperparathyroidism<br>Hypertension<br>Hyperthyroidism<br>Hypochondriasis<br>Hypoparathyroidism <br>Hypopituitarism<br>Hypothyroidism<br><br>I<br>Immunodeficiencies (primary)<br>Immunosuppressive treatment<br>Infectious diseases <br>Inhalant abuse<br>Ischaemic heart disease<br><br>L<br>Learning impairment<br>Leukaemias<br>Liver cirrhosis<br>Liver failure<br>Liver transplantation<br>Lung transplantation<br>Lupus erythematosus<br>Lymphomas<br><br>M<br>Malignant hyperthermia (Malignant hyperpyrexia; MH; MHS; King-Denborough syndrome)<br><br>Mania<br>Marijuana abuse<br>Mitral valve disease<br>Motor neurone disease<br>Multiple sclerosis (disseminated sclerosis)<br>Muscular dystrophies<br>Myasthenia gravis<br><br>N<br>Neutropenia and neutrophil defects<br>Nicotine abuse<br><br>O<br>Osteoarthritis<br>Osteoporosis <br><br>P<br>Pagetâ™s disease<br>Palliative care (see Bedbound patients)<br>Pancreatic transplantation <br>Paralyses (of head and neck)<br>Paraplegia (see Cerebral palsy and Spina bifida)<br>Parkinsonism<br>Phobias<br>Physically disabled patients (see specific conditions)<br>Porphyrias<br>Pregnancy<br><br>R<br>Radiotherapy<br>Renal disease (chronic renal failure)<br>Renal transplantation<br>Respiratory disease (see specific conditions)<br>Rheumatic fever<br>Rheumatoid arthritis<br>Rickets and osteomalacia<br><br>S<br>Schizophrenia<br>Scleroderma<br>Sickle cell anaemia <br>Sjogren syndrome<br>Spina Bifida<br>Splenectomy (see Asplenia)<br>Steroids (Corticosteroids)<br>Stroke and other cerebrovascular accidents<br><br>T<br>Thalassaemia <br>Thrombocytopenia<br>Transplant patients<br>Traumatic injury to CNS<br>Tuberculosis<br><br>U<br>Ulcerative colitis<br><br>V<br>Visually impaired<br>Von Willebrand disease<br><br>W<br>Warfarinisation<br><br>4. MAIN OROFACIAL PROBLEMS<br><br>Teeth<br>Trauma<br>Tooth wear<br>Caries<br>Erosion<br>Periodontium<br>Periodontal disease<br>Salivary<br>Drooling<br>Dry mouth<br>Mucosa<br>Mucosal lesions<br>Biting<br>Others<br>Bruxism<br>Halitosis<br>Retching

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