Dental therapeutics update
By: Paul A. Moore, Elliot V. Hersh, guest editors.
Contributors: Moore, Paul A.; Hersh, Elliot V.
Series: The Dental clinics of North America -- v. 46, no. 4
Publisher: W.B. Saunders Co.
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 902
Subjects: Dental therapeutics; Dentistry; Dentistry -- Practice
Notes: "October 2002."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Section I: Antimicrobial agents.; title: Antibiotic therapy; title: managing odontogenic infections.; title: Antibiotic prophylaxis for endocarditis, prosthetic joints, and surgery.; title: Antibiotics and oral contraceptives.; title: Periodontal therapy using local delivery of antimicrobial agents.; title: Section II: Analgesic and anti-inflammatory agents.; title: The COX-2 inhibitors : new analgesic and anti-inflammatory drugs; title: Rational use of analgesic combinations.; title: Dental postoperative pain management in children.; title: Section III Local anesthetic agents.; title: Local anesthesia : advances in agents and techniques.; title: Vasoconstrictors : Indications and precautions.; title: Adverse drug reactions in local anesthesia.; title: Effective topical anesthetic agents and techniques.; title: Section IV: Sedatives and anxiolytic agents.; title: Conscious sedation for dentistry : risk management and patient selection.; title: Inhalational and enteral conscious sedation for the adult dental patient.; title: Sedation for pediatric dental patients.; title: Emergency drugs.; title: Section V: Agents to treat oral pathology.; title: Practitioner's guide to fluoride.; title: Treatment of xerostomia : a systematic review.; title: Oral manifestations of drug therapy.; title: Geriatric pharmacology.