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Description
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Ideal for chairside use by the entire dental team, Mosby's Dental Drug Reference provides guidelines for safe, accurate drug administration. More than 800 drug monographs make it easy to find indications and dosages, contraindications, interactions, side effects, serious reactions, and dental-specific drug information. With profiles of drugs recently approved by the FDA, this edition is completely up to date! A companion Evolve website adds regular drug updates, and a CD offers a full-color pill atlas and printable patient education handouts. From lead editor Arthur Jeske, a well-known researcher and author on dental pharmacology, this pocket-sized reference provides the current, concise drug information you need at the point of care.
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Key Features
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• User-friendly, durable, pocket-sized format provides information at a glance, and makes this guide ideal for chairside use.
• More than 800 detailed monographs include each drug's generic name, pronunciation, brand names, drug class, controlled substances schedule, mechanism of action, uses or indications, doses and routes of administration, side effects/adverse reactions, contr
• Dental considerations include suggestions for consultations and recommendations for the patient/family in preventing dental complications
• A companion CD includes a full-color pill atlas, a searchable glossary of terms with pronunciations, illustrations of drug-related pathologic oral conditions, and patient information handouts
• Useful appendices summarize information such as combination products, food and herbal interactions, pregnancy and pediatric considerations, and IV compatibilities and incompatibilities.
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• Useful appendices summarize information such as combination products, food and herbal interactions, pregnancy and pediatric considerations, and IV compatibilities and incompatibilities.
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About the Author
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Edited by Arthur H. Jeske, DMD, PhD, Professor, Department of Restorative Dentistry and Biomaterials, University of Texas School of Dentistry at Houston, Houston, Texas
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TOC
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Therapeutic Management of Common Oral Lesions
Medically Compromised Patients
Individual Drug Monographs
Appendices
1. Abbreviations
2. Anesthetics
3. Combination Drugs by Trade Name
4. Controlled Substances Chart
5. Disorders and Conditions
6. Drugs Causing Dry Mouth
7. Drugs That Affect Taste
8. Herbal and Nonherbal Remedies
9. Pregnancy and Pediatrics
10. Preventing Medication Errors and Improving Medication Safety
11. Oral Contraceptives
Generic and Trade Name Index
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