The Dentistry Essentials are an international series of textbooks, designed to support lecture series or themes on core topics within dentistry.

A comprehensive guide to providing effective dental treatment and care to patients affected by diseases

Essentials of Human Disease in Dentistry, Second Edition takes an integrated approach to dentistry and how it relates to general medicine, surgery, pharmacology, therapeutics, pathology and microbiology. Building on the success of the Textbook of Human Disease in Dentistry, this new edition has been updated with a new layout, featuring key topics, learning objectives, and practical clinical advice in each chapter.

This accessible guide is structured around the systems of the body and covers all major diseases and conditions with their aetiology, symptoms, and treatments. The focus is on the relevance of particular diseases and their drug treatment in relation to dentistry and patient dental management.

This vital resource:

• Promotes a better understanding of how to provide effective dental treatment to patients affected by diseases
• Presents illustrative examples and helpful clinical photographs throughout
• Includes a new chapter on the importance of understanding shock
• Features self-assessment questions at the end of each chapter, and a companion website hosting downloadable images from the book

Essentials of Human Disease in Dentistry, Second Edition is an invaluable resource for undergraduate dentistry students as well as newly qualified dentists preparing for the MFDS exam.

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Contents

Chapter 1 Clinical examination and history taking
Chapter 2 Inflammation and anti-inflammatory drugs
Chapter 3 Principles of infection and infection control
Chapter 3A Sterilisation,, disinfection and antiseptics
Chapter 3B Principles of infection and infection control, diagnosis and treatment of bacterial infections
Chapter 3C Viruses and antiviral agents relevant to dentistry
Chapter 3D Infection with immunodeficiency virus and implications for the oral cavity:: Infection with HIV
Chapter 3E Fungi and antifungal agents
Chapter 4 Immunological disease
Chapter 5 Cardiovascular disorders
Chapter 5A Introduction to cardiovascular disease (CVD)
Chapter 5B Heart failure
Chapter 5C Cardiac arrhythmias
Chapter 5D Valvular heart disease
Chapter 5E Hypertension
Chapter 5F Anticoagulants, drugs affecting blood clotting
Chapter 5G Dental implications of CVD
Chapter 5H Peripheral vascular and cardiac surgical disorders
Chapter 6 Respiratory disorders
Chapter 7 Gastrointestinal disorders
Chapter 8 Renal disorders
Chapter 9 Neurology and special senses
Chapter 9A Neurology
Chapter 9B ENT
Chapter 9C Neurological disorders and dental practice
Chapter 9D Stroke, speech and swallowing
Chapter 9E Ophthalmology
Chapter 9F Anticonvulsant and anti-Parkinsonian drugs
Chapter 10 Shock
Chapter 11 Musculoskeletal disorders
Chapter 12 Dermatology and mucosal lesions
Chapter 13 Endocrinology and diabetes
Chapter 14 Pain and anxiety control
Chapter 15 Adverse drug reactions and interactions
Chapter 16 General oncology
Chapter 17 Child health
Chapter 1& Medicine for the elderly
Chapter 19 Psychiatric disorders
Chapter 19A General psychiatry
Chapter 19B Drug abuse
Chapter 19C Anxiolytic and hypnotic drugs
Chapter Chapter 20 Haematology
Chapter 20A General haematology, haemato-oncology
Chapter 20B Haemostasis
Chapter 20C Transfusion medicine
Chapter 21 Medical emergencies