Special care in dentistry : handbook of oral health care / Crispian Scully, Pedro Diz Dios, Navdeep Kumar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Scully, Crispian.

Contributor:

Dios, Pedro Diz.

Kumar, Navdeep, Ph. D.

ScienceDirect (Online service)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

People with disabilities--Dental care.

People with disabilities.

People with disabilities--Dental care--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Dental care--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Dental care.

Dental Care for Disabled.

Dental Care for Chronically Ill.

Medical Subjects:

Dental Care for Disabled.

Dental Care for Chronically Ill.

Genre:

Handbooks and manuals.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 504 pages) : color illustrations

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Churchill Livingstone, 2007.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Summary:

This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. It is comprehensive and concise information source on special care dentistry by the foremost authority on the subject in the UK.

Contents:

1. INTRODUCTION

Definitions

Causes of disability

Access and legal background (Disability Discrimination Act)

Implications of disability legislation

2. APPROPRIATE ORAL HEALTH CARE

Barriers to oral healthcare

Goals

The people involved in providing care

Treatment planning

Consent

Oral health in people with disabilities

Treatment modification

3. SPECIFIC PROBLEM AREAS; ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED

A

Acromegaly

Addison₂s disease

AIDS (see HIV/AIDS)

Alcoholism

Alzheimer₂s disease

Amphetamine, LSD and Ecstasy abuse

Anaemias; deficiency (and see specific conditions)

Ankylosing spondylitis

Angina (see Ischaemic Heart Disease)

Anorexia (see Eating disorders)

Anticoagulants (see Warfarinisation and Heparinisation)

Anxiety states

Aortic valve diseases

Arthritis (see Gout, Osteoarthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis)

Asplenia

Asthma

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Autism

B

Bedbound patients

Bleeding disorders (see specific diseases)

Blind patients (see Visually impaired)

Bone marrow transplantation

Bulimia (see Eating disorders)

C

Cancer (of head and neck)

Cardiac arrhythmias

Cardiac failure

Cerebral palsy

Chairbound patients (see Spina bifida)

Chemotherapy

Christmas disease

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Cocaine abuse

Congenital heart disease

Creutzfeldt Jakob disease

Crohn disease

Cushing₂s syndrome

Cystic fibrosis

D

Deafness (see Hearing impaired)

Depression

Diabetes insipidus

Diabetes mellitus

Down syndrome

Drug abuse (see individual drugs)

Drug allergies

E

Eating disorders

Elderly

End of life care

Endocarditis

Endocrinopathies (see specific diseases)

Epilepsy

F

Fallotþs tetralogy (see Congenital heart disease)

G

Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase (G6PD) Deficiency

Gout

Graft versus host disease (GVHD)

H

Haemophilia A

Hearing impaired

Heart transplantation

Heparinisation

Hepatitis (B,C,and D viruses and autoimmune)

Heroin and opioid abuse

HIV / AIDS

Huntingtonþs chorea

Hydrocephalus

Hyperaldosteronism

Hyperparathyroidism

Hypertension

Hyperthyroidism

Hypochondriasis

Hypoparathyroidism

Hypopituitarism

Hypothyroidism

I

Immunodeficiencies (primary)

Immunosuppressive treatment

Infectious diseases

Inhalant abuse

Ischaemic heart disease

L

Learning impairment

Leukaemias

Liver cirrhosis

Liver failure

Liver transplantation

Lung transplantation

Lupus erythematosus

Lymphomas

M

Malignant hyperthermia (Malignant hyperpyrexia; MH; MHS; King-Denborough syndrome)

Mania

Marijuana abuse

Mitral valve disease

Motor neurone disease

Multiple sclerosis (disseminated sclerosis)

Muscular dystrophies

Myasthenia gravis

N

Neutropenia and neutrophil defects

Nicotine abuse

O

Osteoarthritis

Osteoporosis

P

Paget₂s disease

Palliative care (see Bedbound patients)

Pancreatic transplantation

Paralyses (of head and neck)

Paraplegia (see Cerebral palsy and Spina bifida)

Parkinsonism

Phobias

Physically disabled patients (see specific conditions)

Porphyrias

Pregnancy

R

Radiotherapy

Renal disease (chronic renal failure)

Renal transplantation

Respiratory disease (see specific conditions)

Rheumatic fever

Rheumatoid arthritis

Rickets and osteomalacia

S

Schizophrenia

Scleroderma

Sickle cell anaemia

Sjogren syndrome

Spina Bifida

Splenectomy (see Asplenia)

Steroids (Corticosteroids)

Stroke and other cerebrovascular accidents

T

Thalassaemia

Thrombocytopenia

Transplant patients

Traumatic injury to CNS

Tuberculosis

U

Ulcerative colitis

V

Visually impaired

Von Willebrand disease

W

Warfarinisation

4. MAIN OROFACIAL PROBLEMS

Teeth

Trauma

Tooth wear

Caries

Erosion

Periodontium

Periodontal disease

Salivary

Drooling

Dry mouth

Mucosa

Mucosal lesions

Biting

Others

Bruxism

Halitosis

Retching.

Notes:

Electronic reproduction. Amsterdam : Elsevier Science & Technology, 2011. Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Web browser. Title from title screen (viewed on Jan. 19, 2011). Access may be restricted to users at subscribing institutions.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Scully, Crispian. Special care in dentistry.

ISBN:

9780443071515

0443071519

OCLC:

698080037

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.