Medical Problems in Dentistry

Assessment of the patient and anaesthetic considerations; cardiovascular disease; haemorrhagic disorders; anaemia; leukaemia and other malignant diseases; respiratory disorders; gastrointestinal disease; hepatic disease; renal disorders; endocrine disease and metabolic disease - including pregnancy and the menopause; diseases of the musculoskeletal system; neurological disease - including facial pain of other causes; medical aspects of maxillofacial injuries; psychiatric disease; the handicapped patient and the elderly; immunodeficiency and immunologically mediated disease; some skin disease and infections with oral manifestations; management of emergencies in the dental surgery; drug problems in dental practice. Appendices: miscellaneous uncommon or rare disorders of possible relevance to dentistry; rare coagulation-related factor defects; disorders predisposing to thromboses; sub-types of von Willebrand's disease; cytotoxic cancer chemotherapy agents.