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Little and Falace's Dental Management of the Medically Compromised Patient

  • 9th Edition - June 16, 2017
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: James W. Little, Craig Miller, Nelson L. Rhodus
  • Language: English

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Learn how to provide dental care to any patient, regardless of existing medical conditions. Little and Falace’s Dental Management of the Medically Compromised Patient, 9th Edition, has been thoroughly revised to give you the information you need to assess common problems, and make safe and healthy dental management decisions. The new addition includes expanded coverage of women’s health issues and introduces a process for developing a medical-risk source. Also, each chapter features vivid illustrations and well-organized tables to give you in-depth details and overall summaries to help you get to the root of your future patients’ needs.

Key features

  • Logical organization of conditions makes it easy for you to understand and follow the material as you prepare to treat patients
  • Standardized assessment process helps you to ascertain the severity and stability of common medical disorders
  • Dental management summary table summarizes important factors for consideration in the dental management of medically compromised patients
  • Over 400 color images provide a visual guide and highlight key information
  • Dental management box in each chapter allows you to locate key information for evaluating a medically compromised patient

Table of contents

PART ONE: PATIENT EVALUATION AND RISK ASSESSMENT

1. Patient Evaluation and Risk Assessment

PART TWO: CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE

2. Infective Endocarditis

3. Hypertension

4. Ischemic Heart Disease

5. Cardiac Arrhythmias

6. Heart Failure (or Congestive Heart Failure)

PART THREE: PULMONARY DISEASE

7. Pulmonary Disease

8. Smoking and Tobacco Use Cessation

9. Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders

PART FOUR: GASTROINTESTIAL DISEASE

10. Liver Disease

11. Gastrointestinal Disease

PART FIVE: GENITOURINARY DISEASE

12. Chronic Kidney Disease and Dialysis

13. Sexually Transmitted Diseases

PART SIX: ENDOCRINE AND METABOLIC DISEASE

14. Diabetes Mellitus

15. Adrenal Insufficiency

16. Thyroid Diseases

17. Pregnancy and Breast Feeding

PART SEVEN: IMMUNOLOGIC DISEASE

18. AIDS, HIV Infection, and Related Conditions

19. Allergy

20. Rheumatologic and Connective Tissue Disorders

21. Organ and Bone Marrow Transplantation

PART EIGHT: HEMATOLOGIC AND ONCOLOGIC DISEASE

22. Disorders of Red Blood Cells

23. Disorders of White Blood Cells

24. Acquired Bleeding and Hypercoagulable Disorders

25. Congenital Bleeding and Hypercoagulable Disorders

26. Cancer and Oral Care of the Patient

PART NINE: NEUROLOGIC, BEHAVIORAL, AND PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS

27. Neurologic Disorders

28. Anxiety, Eating Disorders, and Behavioral Reactions to Illness

29. Psychiatric Disorders

30. Drug and Alcohol Abuse

APPENDICES
A: Guide to Management of Common Medical Emergencies in the Dental Office
B: Guidelines for Infection Control in Dental Health Care Settings
C: Therapeutic Management of Common Oral Lesions
D: Drug Interactions of Significance to Dentistry
E: Alternative and Complementary Medicine of Potential Importance in Dentistry

Product details

  • Edition: 9
  • Latest edition
  • Published: September 22, 2017
  • Language: English

About the authors

JL

James W. Little

Affiliations and expertise
Professor Emeritus, University of Minnesota School of Dentistry-Minneapolis, MN, USA

CM

Craig Miller

Craig S. Miller, DMD, MS, Professor of Oral Medicine, College of Dentistry, and Professor of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, College of Medicine, is the director of the Externship in Oral Medicine Program at the University of Kentucky College of Dentistry. He is board-certified in Oral Medicine and board-eligible in oral and maxillofacial radiology, with over 35 years’ experience in the diagnosis and management of medically compromised patients.
Affiliations and expertise
University of Kentucky, Department of Oral Health Science, College of Dentistry, Lexington, Kentucky, USA

NR

Nelson L. Rhodus

Nelson L, Rhodus, DMD, MPH, is a Distinguished Professor and Director of the Division of Oral Medicine, Oral Diagnosis and Radiology in the Department of Diagnostic and Surgical Sciences in the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral Medicine, and Director of the Oral Medicine and Xerostomia Clinics.
Affiliations and expertise
Morse Distinguished Professor and Director, Division of Oral Medicine, Oral Diagnosis and Oral Radiology, University of Minnesota, School of Dentistry and College of Medicine, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA