This text offers an authoritative account of general medical and surgical conditions as they apply to the practice of dentistry and oral healthcare. Now established as the standard reference on the subject, Scully’s Medical Problems in Dentistry is essential for students learning for the first time or practitioners needing to keep up-to-date with their knowledge.

• Helps understanding of the relevant illness as identified from the patient’s history, physical examination and investigations;
• Shows readers how to present a succinct and, when appropriate, unified list of all problems that could influence oral health care and formulate a diagnosis/treatment plan for each problem;
• Emphasises the need to appreciate issues of access and informed consent, preventive oral health care and the avoidance of harm;
• Enables the reader to develop strategies to identify patients at risk of medical problems, to assess the severity of those risks and, where necessary, to recognize the need for referral;
• Places emphasis on good communication between all health-care professionals, and between HCPs and patients;
• Emphasises the need to take into account people’s cultural needs and preferences as well as deal with patients who may have additional needs such as physical, sensory or learning disabilities;
• User-friendly format allows ease of access to information whether for exam revision purposes or for a specific issue confronting staff in a busy clinical environment.

• Includes an array of new disorders ranging from hypersensitivity syndrome to neuropathic pain;
• Discusses recent updates in pharmacology and other aspects of medical intervention, including the use of biological therapies;
• Explores new areas such as cosmetic and other implants, dental materials hypersensitivity, drugs and dietary interactions and new aspects of alternative medicine;
• Other issues include elder maltreatment, care of vulnerable people, treatment of sexual minorities, new substance abuse and self-harm;
• Explores the link between periodontal infection and various systemic diseases;
• New national and international guidelines, selected recent references and up-to-date websites.

The book contains black-and-white figures.

SECTION A: GENERAL
1.Medical emergencies
2.Medical history, examination, investigations and risk assessment
3.Perioperative care
4.Signs and symptoms

SECTION B: ORGAN SYSTEMS MEDICINE

6.Cardiovascular medicine
7.Endocrinology
8.Gastrointestinal and pancreatic disorders
9.Haematology
10.Hepatology
11.Mental health
12.Mucosal, oral and cutaneous disorders
13.Nephrology
14.Neurology
15.Otorhinolaryngology/Maxillofacial disorders
16.Respiratory medicine
17.Rheumatology and orthopaedics

SECTION C: OTHER SYSTEMS MEDICINE

19.Allergies
20.Autoimmune disease
21.Immunity, inflammatory disorders, and immunosuppressive and anti-inflammatory agents
22.Immunodeficiencies
23.Infections and infestations
24.Malignant disease
25.Metabolic disorders
26.Trauma, burns and abuse

SECTION D: OTHER HEALTH ISSUES

28.Age and gender issues
29.Complementary and alternative medicine
30.Dietary factors and health and disease
31.Impairment and disability
32.Materials and drugs
33.Minority groups
34.Occupational hazards
35.Reproductive (sexual) health
36.Sports, travel and leisure, and pets
37.Substance dependence
38.Transplantation and tissue regeneration

SECTION E: APPENDIX

40.Health promotion
41.Eponymous and acronymous diseases and signs

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