Little and Falace’s Dental Management of the Medically Compromised Patient (New Edition Is Available)

Description

Learn how to provide dental care to any patient, regardless of existing medical conditions. Little and Falace’s Dental Management of the Medically Compromised Patient, 9th Edition, has been thoroughly revised to give you the information you need to assess common problems, and make safe and healthy dental management decisions. The new addition includes expanded coverage of women’s health issues and introduces a process for developing a medical-risk source. Also, each chapter features vivid illustrations and well-organized tables to give you in-depth details and overall summaries to help you get to the root of your future patients’ needs.

Key Features

Logical organization of conditions makes it easy for you to understand and follow the material as you prepare to treat patients

Standardized assessment process helps you to ascertain the severity and stability of common medical disorders

Dental management summary table summarizes important factors for consideration in the dental management of medically compromised patients

Over 400 color images provide a visual guide and highlight key information

Dental management box in each chapter allows you to locate key information for evaluating a medically compromised patient

Table of Contents

PART ONE: PATIENT EVALUATION AND RISK ASSESSMENT Patient Evaluation and Risk Assessment

PART TWO: CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE Infective Endocarditis Hypertension Ischemic Heart Disease Cardiac Arrhythmias Heart Failure (or Congestive Heart Failure)

PART THREE: PULMONARY DISEASE Pulmonary Disease Smoking and Tobacco Use Cessation Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders

PART FOUR: GASTROINTESTIAL DISEASE Liver Disease Gastrointestinal Disease

PART FIVE: GENITOURINARY DISEASE Chronic Kidney Disease and Dialysis Sexually Transmitted Diseases

PART SIX: ENDOCRINE AND METABOLIC DISEASE Diabetes Mellitus Adrenal Insufficiency Thyroid Diseases Pregnancy and Breast Feeding

PART SEVEN: IMMUNOLOGIC DISEASE AIDS, HIV Infection, and Related Conditions Allergy Rheumatologic and Connective Tissue Disorders Organ and Bone Marrow Transplantation

PART EIGHT: HEMATOLOGIC AND ONCOLOGIC DISEASE Disorders of Red Blood Cells Disorders of White Blood Cells Acquired Bleeding and Hypercoagulable Disorders Congenital Bleeding and Hypercoagulable Disorders Cancer and Oral Care of the Patient

PART NINE: NEUROLOGIC, BEHAVIORAL, AND PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS Neurologic Disorders Anxiety, Eating Disorders, and Behavioral Reactions to Illness Psychiatric Disorders Drug and Alcohol Abuse

APPENDICES Appendix A: Guide to Management of Common Medical Emergencies in the Dental Office Appendix B: Guidelines for Infection Control in Dental Health Care Settings Appendix C: Therapeutic Management of Common Oral Lesions Appendix D: Drug Interactions of Significance to Dentistry Appendix E: Alternative and Complementary Medicine of Potential Importance in Dentistry

About the Author James Little Affiliations and Expertise Professor Emeritus, University of Minnesota School of Dentistry-Minneapolis, MN Craig Miller Affiliations and Expertise University of Kentucky, Department of Oral Health Science, College of Dentistry, Lexington, KY, USA Nelson Rhodus Affiliations and Expertise Morse Distinguished Professor and Director, Division of Oral Medicine, Oral Diagnosis and Oral Radiology, University of Minnesota, School of Dentistry and College of Medicine, Minneapolis, MN