Pharmacology and Therapeutics for Dentistry, 8th Edition
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Frank J. Dowd
Date of Publication: 10/2025
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Gain a thorough understanding of how drugs affect patient care! Pharmacology and Therapeutics for Dentistry, 8th Edition, offers comprehensive coverage of pharmacology and provides a pharmacological basis for clinical practice, enabling you to unders ...view more
Gain a thorough understanding of how drugs affect patient care! Pharmacology and Therapeutics for Dentistry, 8th Edition, offers comprehensive coverage of pharmacology and provides a pharmacological basis for clinical practice, enabling you to understand drug information and effectively evaluate the clinical use of medications to optimize dental treatment. It explores how to evaluate a patient’s health, the ways that drugs affect the body, and the potential for adverse drug interactions. With revised, concise content, an emphasis on relevance and visualization, and an ebook (included with new print purchase) for enhanced accessibility and interactivity, this edition equips you with the essential tools needed for a successful dental career.
Gain a thorough understanding of how drugs affect patient care! Pharmacology and Therapeutics for Dentistry, 8th Edition, offerscomprehensive coverage of pharmacology and provides a pharmacological basis for clinical practice, enabling you to understand drug information and effectively evaluate the clinical use of medications to optimize dental treatment. It explores how to evaluate a patient’s health, the ways that drugs affect the body, and the potential for adverse drug interactions. With revised, concise content, an emphasis on relevance and visualization, and an ebook (included with new print purchase) for enhanced accessibility and interactivity, this edition equips you with the essential tools needed for a successful dental career.
New to this edition
Revised content throughout is more concise, more relevant, and more visual, with a stronger focus on what you need to know for clinical practice
NEW! An eBook version is included with print purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud. Plus, video clips covering complicated topics in the text
NEW! Educator Resources, specifically an Image Collection and PowerPoint slides
Key Features
NEW!Revised content throughout is more concise, relevant, and visual, with a stronger focus on what you need to know for clinical practice
NEW!Enhancedebook version,included with every new print purchase, features appendices, additional chapter content, and new video clips covering vital information and key concepts in the chapters. Plus, you can access all the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, customize content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud
Concise, comprehensive coverage helps you learn to provide safe and effective dental care, exploring the fundamentals of pharmacology and clearly explaining actions of specific drug groups on systems in the human body, in addition to covering special topics such as pain control, fear and anxiety, and oral complications of cancer therapy
Case studies at the beginning of chapters and case discussions at the end help you connect pharmacologic concepts and principles with clinical practice
Emphasis on the dental applications of pharmacology shows how to evaluate a patient’s health and optimize dental treatment by factoring in any medications the patient may be taking
Bullet points of key information at the beginning of each chapter highlight need-to-know concepts
Practical e-only appendices provide easy access to essential information, summarizing topics such as drug interactions in clinical dentistry; antiseptics and disinfectants; herbs; controlled substances; protein biopharmaceuticals; drugs used to treat glaucoma; and abbreviations
Clinical Rationale for and Significance of Prescription Writing chapter and two appendices on drug prescribing cover both the medications that a patient may already be taking and drugs that a dentist may prescribe for treatment
Full-color design and illustrations enhance realism and visual learning
Nearly 40 expert contributors represent a diverse, authoritative panel of authors from many of the major dental schools
Author Information
Edited by Frank J. Dowd, DDS, PhD, Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Professor, Department of Oral Biology, School of Dentistry, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, NE, USA
PART 1: Principles of Pharmacology 1. Pharmacodynamics: Mechanisms of Drug Action 2. Pharmacokinetics: The Absorption, Distribution, and Fate of Drugs 3. Pharmacotherapeutics: The Clinical Use of Drugs 4. Pharmacogenomic-Guided Selection of Optimal Drug and Dosing Regimen
PART 2: Pharmacology of Specific Drug Groups 5. Introduction to Autonomic Nervous System Drugs 6. Cholinergic Agonists and Muscarinic Receptor Antagonists 7. Drugs Affecting Nicotinic Receptors 8. Adrenergic Agonists 9. Adrenergic Antagonists 10. Psychopharmacology: Antipsychotic and Antidepressant Drugs 11. Sedative-Hypnotics, Antianxiety Drugs, and Centrally Acting Muscle Relaxants 12. Antiseizure Medications 13. Antiparkinson Drugs 14. Local Anesthetics 15. General Anesthesia 16. Opioid Analgesics and Antagonists 17. Nonopioid Analgesics 18. Histamine and Histamine Antagonists 19. Antiarrhythmic Drugs 20. Drugs Used in Treating Heart Failure 21. Antianginal Drugs 22. Diuretic Drugs 23. Antihypertensive Drugs 24. Lipid-Lowering Drugs 25. Antianemic and Hematopoietic Stimulating Drugs 26. Procoagulant, Anticoagulant, and Thrombolytic Drugs 27. Drugs Acting on the Respiratory System 28. Drugs Acting on the Gastrointestinal Tract 29. Pituitary, Thyroid, and Parathyroid Pharmacology 30. Adrenal Corticosteroids 31. Drugs Used in the Treatment of Diabetes 32. Steroid Hormones of Reproduction and Sexual Development 33. Antibiotics 34. Antifungal and Antiviral Agents 35. Immunotherapy 36. Antineoplastic Drugs
PART 3: Special Subjects in Pharmacology and Therapeutics 37. Medications for Management of Chronic, Non-Odontogenic Pain 38. Management of Fear and Anxiety 39. Drugs of Abuse 40. Toxicology 41. Drugs for Medical Emergencies 42. Clinical Rationale for and Significance of Prescription Writing
E-Only Appendices Appendix 1. Protein Biopharmaceuticals Appendix 2. Use of Herbs and Herbal Dietary Supplements in Dentistry Appendix 3. Antiseptics and Disinfectants Appendix 4. Drug Interactions in Clinical Dentistry Appendix 5. Drugs Used in the Treatment of Glaucoma Appendix 6. Prescription Writing Appendix 7. Controlled Substance Laws and Drug Schedules Appendix 8. Regulations and Drug Prescribing Appendix 9. Glossary of Abbreviations
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