Essentials of Human Disease in Dentistry

About the AuthorMark Greenwood is an NHS Consultant in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery as well as Honorary Clinical Professor of Medical Education in Dentistry at the School of Dental Sciences, Newcastle University, UK. Qualified in both medicine and dentistry, he has been published in many peer reviewed journals and has co-authored two books on general medicine and surgery for dental practitioners.

• Contributors viiiPreface to the First Edition xiPreface to the Second Edition xiiAcknowledgements xiiiAbout the companion website xiv1 Clinical examination and history taking 1M Greenwood2 Inflammation and anti‐inflammatory drugs 11CM Robinson and RA Seymour3 Principles of infection and infection control 21S Waugh, E Ong, S Hogg, K Orr, JG Meechan, RA Seymour, M Greenwood, C Taylor and G Toms3A Sterilisation, disinfection and antiseptics 223b Principles of infection and infection control, diagnosis and treatment of bacterial infections 273C Viruses and antiviral agents relevant to dentistry 383d Infection with immunodeficiency virus and implications for the oral cavity: Infection with HIV46 3E Fungi and antifungal agents 534 Immunological disease 55C Stroud and H Bourne5 Cardiovascular disorders 67RH Jay, G Stansby, T Barakat, RA Seymour, JG Meechan, CM Robinson, m Greenwood, S Hogg and A Balakrishnan5A Introduction to cardiovascular disease (CVD) 685B Heart failure 785C Cardiac arrhythmias 815D Valvular heart disease 845E Hypertension 875F Anticoagulants, drugs affecting blood clotting 925G Dental implications of CVD 955H Peripheral vascular and cardiac surgical disorders 976 Respiratory disorders 107SJ Bourke and M Greenwood7 Gastrointestinal disorders 120M Greenwood, JG meechan and JR Adams8 Renal disorders 131EK Montgomery, JA Sayer, AL Brown and M Greenwood9 Neurology and special senses 145M Greenwood, RI macleod, RH Jay, JG meechan, P Griffiths, N Ali and RJ Banks9A Neurology 1469b Ent 1529C Neurological disorders and dental practice 1559D Stroke, speech and swallowing 1619E Ophthalmology 1659 F Anticonvulsant and anti‐Parkinsonian drugs 17010 Shock 173S Clark11 Musculoskeletal disorders 179F Birrell, M Greenwood and RH Jay12 Dermatology and mucosal lesions 194K Staines13 Endocrinology and diabetes 208RH Jay, M Greenwood and JG Meechan14 Pain and anxiety control 222CC Currie, J Durham and JG Meechan15 Adverse drug reactions and interactions 234RA Seymour and M Greenwood16 General oncology 251CM Robinson and PJ Thomson17 Child health 265FE Hogg and RR Welbury18 Medicine for the elderly 277RH Jay19 Psychiatric disorders 283SJ Brown, M Greenwood and JG Meechan19A General psychiatry 28419B Drug abuse 30419C Anxiolytic and hypnotic drugs 30720 Haematology 309J Hanley, A Lennard and S Mathia20A General haematology, haemato‐oncology 31020B Haemostasis 32220C Transfusion medicine 32921 Medical emergencies 334M GreenwoodAppendix: normal reference ranges 346Index 347

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