Pain and Anxiety Control for the Conscious Dental Patient
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-262848-0 (ISBN)
The perception of pain in the mind of dental patients is a significant deterrant to regular dental attendence by manycontrol of this pain and anxiety is therefore a treatment issue which is central to the clinical practice of dentistry. This textbook covers both local anaesthesia and sedation comprehensively, and provides practical instructions for the dental student. It provides a theoretical framework based on the anatomy, physiology and pharmacology of pain and anxiety control.
Pain and anxiety control for the concious dental patient provides: comprehensive coverage of pain and anxiety management for concious dental patients; covers the control of operative, perioperative and post-operative pain in dentistry; describes all aspects of local anaesthesia and sedation in dentistry; provides a rational approach to the prescription of drugs; practical guidance and instruction on techniques; over 150 photographs and 50 line diagrams This book covers local anaesthesia including inhalational, intravenous sedation, control of post- operative pain, management of non-dental oro-facial pain and management of medical emergencies related to pain control. It is timely - for example, the teaching of sedation in dental schools is an issue currently being pushed by GDC (1996) Chaps 6 & 9 are unique (Basic principles of dental local anaesthetic injections and Intraligamentary, intra-osseous and intrapulpalanaesthesia).
Anatomy & physiology of pain transmission; pharmacology of dental local anaesthesia; local anaesthetic drugs; local anaesthetic equipment; tropical anaesthesia; basic principles of dental local anaesthetic injections; local anaesthesia in the maxilla; local anaesthesia in the mandible; intraligamentary, intra-osseous, and intra-pulpal anaesthesia; management of failed local anaesthesia; local anaesthesia - contra-indications and complications; non-pharmacological methods of pain control; conscious sedation in dentistry; the pharmacology of sedative agents; oral sedation and premedication; transmucosal sedation; inhalation sedation; intravenous sedation; polypharmacy sedation in dentistry; monitoring the sedated dental patient; medicolegal aspects of the practice of sedation in dentistry; analgesics in dentistry.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 21.5.1998 |
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| Zusatzinfo | numerous black & white photgraphs and line illustrations |
| Verlagsort | Oxford |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 157 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 630 g |
| Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Schmerztherapie |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Zahnmedizin | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-262848-8 / 0192628488 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-262848-0 / 9780192628480 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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