Clinical Sedation In Dentistry

by Girdler, N. M.; Hill, C. Michael; Wilson, Katherine

• ISBN13: 9781405180696
• ISBN10: 1405180692
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-04-20
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Clinical Sedation in Dentistry is a comprehensive textbook on the principles and practice of clinical sedation in dentistry, written by experienced educators and internationally renowned researchers in the field. Chapters cover the following key topics: the etiology of dental anxiety, patient management techniques, anatomy and physiology, pharmacology, patient assessment and selection, pre-medication and oral sedation, special care dentistry, inhalation and intravenous sedation, complications and emergencies, medico-legal aspects, and advances.

Author Biography

Professor N M Girdler PhD BDS BSc FDSRCS FFDRCS Professor of Sedation Dentistry at the School of Dental Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne.

Mr C M Hill MDSc FDSRCS LDSRCS BDS MSc Consultant in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the University of Wales College of Medicine, Dental Hospital, Cardiff.

Dr K E Wilson PhD BDS MSc DDPHRCS MFDSRCS Associate Specialist in Sedation Dentistry at Newcastle Dental Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne.

Table of Contents

Spectrum of anxiety management	p. 1
Applied anatomy and physiology	p. 16
Patient assessment	p. 38
Pharmacology of inhalation and intravenous sedation	p. 57
Premedication and oral sedation	p. 77
Principles and Practice of inhalation sedation	p. 81
Principles and practice of intravenous sedation	p. 103
Complications and emergencies	p. 127
Sedation and special care dentistry	p. 151
Medico-legal and ethical considerations	p. 160
Index	p. 171
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