Main description:

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.

Contents:

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