Dental management of the medically compromised patient

By Craig Miller, Nelson L. Rhodus, Donald Falace, James W. Little

Subjects: Mathematics & statistics -> mathematics -> mathematics general, Medical / Nursing, Medical, Dental care, Malades, Dental Care for Chronically Ill, Soins dentaires, Applied, Oral Manifestations, Chronically ill, Pharmacology, Allied health & medical -> nursing -> pharmacology & medications, Malades chroniques, Dental Care, Dentistry / oral & maxillofacial medicine, Manifestations buccales des maladies, Medical / Dentistry / General, Sick, Oral manifestations of general diseases, Disease, Dentistry - General

Description: Practical guidance helps you determine the severity and stability of common medical disorders in the dental office, so you'll always know how to proceed to provide the best possible care and avoid complications. Concise, clinically focused coverage details the basic disease process for each condition, along with the incidence and prevalence, pathophysiology, signs and symptoms, laboratory findings, currently accepted medical therapies, and recommendations for specific dental management. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. Brandon/Hill Medical List selection (#100). Reference, for students and practitioners, offers current guidelines for the management of oral manifestations of systemic diseases. Includes new coverage of multiple sclerosis, Lyme disease, and a new chapter on geriatric patients.