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Special Care in Dentistry, 1st Edition

Handbook of Oral Healthcare
Authors :
Crispian Scully & Pedro Diz Dios & Navdeep Kumar
Date of Publication: 12/2006
A comprehensive and concise information source on special care dentistry.
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A comprehensive and concise information source on special care dentistry.

Key Features
  • Comprehensive but concise account of the pre-existing conditions which may affect the practice of dentistry - medical conditions, psychiatric disorders, disability, the elderly.
  • Main section of the book is a comprehensive listing of diseases and conditions and their implications for the dentist, but the books also has a symptom oriented section.
  • Covers an area of increasing interest to dentists both because of growth in recognition of the needs of medically and physically compromised patients, and because of medicolegal implications.
Handy pocket-sized format with plastic covers, suitable for quick reference in clinical situations.

Author Information
By Crispian Scully, MD, PhD, Director: WHO Collaborating Centre for Oral Health-General Health; King James IV Professor Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh); Emeritus Professor: UCL (London) and Visiting Professor; Universities of Athens, Edinburgh, Helsinki, Hertfordshire, Middlesex and Plymouth; Pedro Diz Dios, PhD, MD, MDS, Senior Lecturer, Head of Department, Special Needs Unit, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain and Navdeep Kumar, BDS FDS RCS (Eng) PhD Cert RDP, Consultant in Special Care Dentistry, Eastman Dental Institute, London, UK