Clinical Pharmacology in Dentistry

Drugs - administration,absorption and fate; prescribing and the Misuse of Drugs Act; the management of infections; antiseptics, anti-caries agents and related drugs used in routine dentistry; the nervous system - the neuromuscular junction and the automatic nervous system; the nervous system - depressants of cerebral function; the nervous system - analgesics and drug dependence; general anaesthesia and sedation; local analgesia; the cardiovascular system; the respiratory system; the blood; drugs affecting allergic reactions and the immune response; antitumour drugs, cytotoxic chemotherapy; hormones and the skeleton; nutrition, vitamins; the alimentary system; toxic effects of drugs; emergencies in dental practice. Appendices: the antibiotic prophylaxis of infective endocarditis; viral hepatitis B - high-risk groups.