Professor Robin Seymour is at the School of Dental Sciences, University of Newcastle upon Tyne. He has published 8 books on topics related to human diseases, especially in the area of pharmacology.

Likewise, Dr John Meechan has a similar profile. Other authors, Max Robinson, Iain Mcleod and Roger Jay provide input in the area of pathology, radiology and general medicine respectively.

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Dr Mark Greenwood is a Consultant and Honorary Senior Lecturer in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in Newcastle upon Tyne. He is qualified in both dentistry and medicine and has fellowships in Dental Surgery, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Surgery. A major interest is medical and dental education. He has written several publications in peer reviewed journals, mainly relating to medicine in dentistry and has published a book on the same subject.

Professor Robin Seymour is at the School of Dental Sciences, University of Newcastle upon Tyne. He has published 8 books on topics related to human diseases, especially in the area of pharmacology.

Likewise, Dr John Meechan has a similar profile. Other authors, Max Robinson, Iain Mcleod and Roger Jay provide input in the area of pathology, radiology and general medicine respectively.

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The Textbook of Human Disease in Dentistry is a comprehensive resource for all students of dentistry that provides uniquely integrated coverage of medicine, surgery, pharmacology, therapeutics, pathology and microbiology. It aims to provide its readers with the medical context of dentistry, to promote better understanding of how to provide effective dental treatment to patients affected by diseases and conditions.

The Textbook of Human Disease in Dentistry is structured around the systems of the body and includes chapters on immunological disease, cardiovascular diseases, respiratory medicine, gastroenterology, dermatology, musculoskeletal disorders and neurological and special senses. A key aspect of the book is the relevance of particular diseases and/or their drug treatment to dentistry and in turn to patient dental management. Additional chapters are therefore provided on topics such as clinical examination and history taking, inflammation and anti-inflammatory drugs, infection control, pain and anxiety control, and care of the elderly.

Filled with useful features and written in a lucid and accessible style, this book will provide its readers with a sound and accessible grounding in human diseases and their drug treatment and how they relate to dental care.

• Includes sections on all major diseases and conditions, describing aetiology, symptoms and treatment
• Places dentistry in a medical context, providing guidance on examination and treatment protocols
• Features information on drug treatment and planning dental care around it
• Illustrated with helpful clinical photographs, showing diseases and conditions

Preface

1 Clinical examination and history taking

Components of a medical history

Clinical observations in the clothed patient

Specific lesions

2 Inflammation and anti-inflammatory drugs

Cell and tissue injury

Wound healing

Inflammation

Pathogenesis of chronic inflammation

Anti-inflammatory drugs

3 Principles if infection and infection control

3A Sterilisation, disinfection and antiseptics

Sterilisation and disinfection

Antiseptics

3B Principles of infection and infection control, diagnosis and treatment of bacterial infections

Introduction

Use of the laboratory in the diagnosis of bacterial infection

Antibacterial drugs

Antibacterial use in dentistry

3C Viruses relevant to dentistry and antiviral agents

Viruses relevant to dentistry

Diagnosis and treatment of virus infections

Antiviral agents

3D Infection with immunodeficiency virus and implications for the oral cavity

Infection with HIV

Oral manifestations of HIV disease

Diagnosis of HIV infection

3E Fungi and antifungal agents

Fungi

Antifungal agents

4 Immunological disease

Introduction

Overview of a normal immune response

What is immunodeficiency?

Examples of specific primary immunodeficiences which may be seen in dental practice

Implications of immunodeficiency in dental practice

Allergy in dental practice

Type 1 hypersensitivity (allergy)

Causes of type 1 hypersensitivity reactions in dental practice

Other reactions

Autoimmune disease

Immunosuppressants

5 Cardiovascular disorders

5A Introduction to cardiovascular disease

The heart and circulation

Cardiovascular pathology

Thrombosis, embolism, ischaemia and infarction

Clinical features of cardiovascular disease

5B Heart failure

Introduction

Clinical aspects of heart failure

Treatment of heart failure

5C Cardiac arrhythmias

Pathophysiology

Drugs used to manage cardiac arrhythmias

5D Valvular heart disease

Introduction

Pathology of valvular heart disease

5E Hypertension

Measurement of blood pressure

Drugs used to treat hypertension

Treatment of hypertension

5F Anticoagulants, drugs affecting blood clotting

Heparin

Oral anticoagulants

Uses of anticoagulants

Antiplatelet drugs

5G Dental implications of cardiovascular disease

Hypertensive patients

Patients post-myocardial infarction

Other aspects of management

Smoking and the cardiovascular system

5H Peripheral vascular and cardiac surgical disorders

Peripheral vascular disorders

Cardiac surgical disorders

6 Respiratory disorders

Introduction

Clinical assessment

Asthma

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

Lung cancer

Obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS)

Respiratory tract infections

Cystic fibrosis and bronchiectasis

Pulmonary embolism

Fibrotic lung disease

Management of inhaled foreign body

Respiratory disorders and dentistry

7 Gastrointestinal disorders

Introduction

Relevant points in the history

Examination

Liver disease

Nutritional disorders

Dental aspects of GI system disorders

8 Renal disorders

Introduction

Structure of the kidneys

Normal renal function

Clinical presentation of abnormal renal function

Investigation of renal dysfunction

The kidney and systemic disease

Dental aspects relating to renal patients

9 Neurology and special senses

9A Neurology

Head injury

Types of brain injury

9B ENT

Deafness

Tinnitus

Vertigo

Dizziness

Infections and inflammatory disorders of the ear, nose, sinuses and tonsils

9C Neurological disorders and dental practice

Relevant points in the history

General examination

Neurological disorders: management considerations in dental practice

9D Stroke, speech…