Oxford Handbook of Dental Patient Care (Oxford Handbooks Series)

This popular pocket book presents the practical aspects of diagnosis and management for postgraduate dental trainees in hospitals or general and community dental practice. With coverage of oral medicine and pathology, oral and maxillofacial surgery, including traumatology, and relevant aspects of sedation, anaesthetics and therapeutics, this book bridges the gap between undergraduate dental and medical knowledge, allowing the dental professional to be able to take a full medical history, examine the patient, perform the appropriate investigations, appreciate the patient's medical problems and their implications on dental management, and finally enabling them to treat their patients in a safe and effective way. Covers both oral medicine and oral surgery, providing clear and concise details of drugs, dosages and drug interactions. This book, written to complement the "Oxford Handbook of Clinical Dentistry", is of use to dentistry undergraduates in their clinical years and to postgraduate trainees and practitioners, especially those in hospital dentistry. Presents some of the more practical aspects of diagnosis and management, mainly in note and tabular form, primarily for staff in hospital positions, but also in community and general dental practice. It is a relatively brief synopsis, designed as a pocket companion or aide-memoire that complements basic undergraduate training History taking Examination Investigations Relevant medicine Special needs groups Emergencies Oral diseases Therapeutics Analgesia, sedation and anaesthesia Perioperative management Oral and maxillofacial trauma surgery Oral and maxillofacial non-trauma surgery Being a professional.