Clinical Dentistry Daily Reference Guide 2022

Picture the following scenario. Monday morning you arrive to work: 8 a.m. You need to figure out how to calculate the dosage for amoxicillin in liquid form for a 40-pound child. 9 a.m. A teenager shows up with an avulsed tooth from a skateboard accident and you need to review the dental trauma guidelines before treating the patient. 10 a.m. A patient is requesting nitrous oxide sedation for a filling and you need to quickly review all the indications, contraindications, and steps for administering nitrous, since it has been over a year since you last did this. 11 a.m. A patient comes in for an extraction and reports a history of radiation and chemotherapy and you are unsure if any treatment modifications are necessary. 11 a.m. You are double booked with a patient whose cast metal partial denture just broke and you are not sure what the dental lab needs from you. Just the broken partial? An opposing impression? A bite? A pick-up impression? The scenarios are endless and it can be overwhelming having to scramble through various sources, from consulting other providers to websites to phone apps to books, to find critical information in a timely manner in order to provide our patients with the safest and best possible care. The philosopher Plato said, “necessity is the mother of invention,” and for me as a practicing dentist and educator, a book like this is indispensable. For this reason, I made it my goal to write this book to make our lives easier as dentists.