Mastering Dental Therapeutics: A Comprehensive Guide for Dentists

Dentists play a crucial role in prescribing and managing medications for their patients. To ensure safe and effective treatment, it’s essential to have a thorough understanding of drugs used in clinical practice. The Handbook of Dental Therapeutics provides practical coverage of drugs in dentistry, drawing together the latest recommendations for Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand.

Covering Essential Topics in Dental Therapeutics

This comprehensive guide covers a range of topics, including:

• Common drugs administered and prescribed by dentists
• Perioperative management considerations
• Oral adverse effects and drug safety

Therapeutic Considerations Across the Lifespan

Dedicated chapters focus on the unique needs of specific patient groups, including:

• Children
• Pregnant and breastfeeding women
• Elderly patients

These chapters provide valuable insights for dentists, enabling them to prescribe and administer medications effectively across the lifespan.

A Practical Guide for Dental Professionals

Concise and easy to follow, the Handbook of Dental Therapeutics includes:

• Dosage recommendations
• Practice points for everyday use
• Diagrams, graphs, and tables to summarize complex information

This essential text equips dental students and dentists with succinct, clinically relevant information about all aspects of drugs in dentistry.

Product Details

Published by Cambridge University Press, 1st edition (March 14, 2024)

Language: English

Paperback: 366 pages

ISBN-10: 1009060058

ISBN-13: 978-1009060059