| Applied Pharmacology for the Dental Hygienist | | | Author:
| Haveles, Elena Bablenis | | Series title: | Gama Network Ser. | | ISBN: | 978-0-323-09481-8 | | Publication Date: | Feb 2010 | | Publisher: | Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
| | Imprint: | Mosby | | Book Format: | Online resource | | List Price: | USD $88.95 | Book Description:
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- Drug interactions are emphasized, with explanations of why specific drugs may or may not be appropriate for use in a dental treatment plan.
- Note boxes highlight important concepts, indications, contraindications, memory tools, warnings, and more.
- Chapter review questions help you assess your understanding.
- Informative appendixes make it easy to look up need-to-know information.
- Drug interactions are emphasized, with explanations of why specific drugs may or may not be appropriate for use in a dental treatment plan.
- Note boxes highlight important concepts, indications, contraindications, memory tools, warnings, and more.
- Chapter review questions help you assess your understanding.
- Informative appendixes make it easy to look up need-to-know information.
- A new Hygiene-Related Oral Disorders chapter summarizes prevention and treatment of dental caries, gingivitis, and tooth hypersensitivity.
- A new Natural/Herbal Products and Dietary Supplements chapter relates this fast-growing area to dental hygiene.
- New Dental Hygiene Considerations boxes show how principles of pharmacology apply specifically to dental hygienists.
- Additional illustrations and tables simplify difficult concepts, including topics such as receptors and metabolism.
- A new full-color insert illustrates examples of many common oral pathological conditions.
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