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

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. 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.

• PART ONE: PATIENT EVALUATION AND RISK ASSESSMENT1. Patient Evaluation and Risk AssessmentPART TWO: CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE2. Infective Endocarditis3. Hypertension4. Ischemic Heart Disease5. Cardiac Arrhythmias6. Heart Failure (or Congestive Heart Failure)PART THREE: PULMONARY DISEASE7. Pulmonary Disease8. Smoking and Tobacco Use Cessation9. Sleep-Related Breathing DisordersPART FOUR: GASTROINTESTIAL DISEASE10. Liver Disease11. Gastrointestinal DiseasePART FIVE: GENITOURINARY DISEASE12. Chronic Kidney Disease and Dialysis13. Sexually Transmitted DiseasesPART SIX: ENDOCRINE AND METABOLIC DISEASE14. Diabetes Mellitus15. Adrenal Insufficiency16. Thyroid Diseases17. Pregnancy and Breast FeedingPART SEVEN: IMMUNOLOGIC DISEASE18. AIDS, HIV Infection, and Related Conditions19. Allergy20. Rheumatologic and Connective Tissue Disorders21. Organ and Bone Marrow TransplantationPART EIGHT: HEMATOLOGIC AND ONCOLOGIC DISEASE22. Disorders of Red Blood Cells23. Disorders of White Blood Cells24. Acquired Bleeding and Hypercoagulable Disorders25. Congenital Bleeding and Hypercoagulable Disorders26. Cancer and Oral Care of the PatientPART NINE: NEUROLOGIC, BEHAVIORAL, AND PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS27. Neurologic Disorders28. Anxiety, Eating Disorders, and Behavioral Reactions to Illness29. Psychiatric Disorders30. Drug and Alcohol Abuse