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Record Nr.

UNINA9910555136303321

Autore

Weinberg Mea A.

Titolo

The dentist's drug and prescription guide / / Mea A. Weinberg, Stuart J. Froum, Stuart L. Segelnick

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , [2020]

2020

ISBN

1-119-53936-6

1-119-53935-8

1-119-53938-2

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (311 pages)

Classificazione

617.6061

497.2

499.2

Disciplina

617.6061

Soggetti

Dental pharmacology

Drugs - Prescribing

Drugs - Dosage

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previous ed.: 2012

Includes bibliographical references and index

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

"The revised and updated second edition of The Dentist's Drug and Prescription Guide offers a practical and quick reference to medications commonly prescribed in dental practice. With contributions from experts on the topic, this comprehensive book takes an accessible question-and-answer format, providing answers to common questions dentists ask about drugs. The most updated information on drugs is presented throughout, including the current antibiotic prophylaxis guidelines and newer osteoporosis drugs. A new section describes how to manage patients on medications, and includes new chapters on the important topics of opioid prescribing and abuse and pain management. Alternative effective medications for opioids are discussed in detail. Putting all the prescription and drug information needed in daily dental practice at your fingertips, The Dentist's Drug



and Prescription Guide is an essential reference for practicing dental clinicians and dental hygienists. Written for both general and specialist dentists and dental hygienists, the revised second edition of The Dentist's Drug and Prescription Guide is a must-have reference for the most current information available on medications used in the dental profession"--