Clinical Dental Pharmacology 2024

Clinical Dental Pharmacology

Clinical Dental Pharmacology, 1st Edition, edited by Kamran Ali, is a concise, clinically focused reference covering medicines commonly prescribed by dentists as well as systemic medications that can affect dental treatment. Organized by drug class, it provides practical information on indications, mechanisms of action, pharmacokinetics, routes of administration, dosage, preparations, adverse effects, cautions, contraindications, and drug interactions. It also includes a dedicated section on recognition and management of common medical emergencies in dental practice.

Clinical Content

• Analgesics and dental pain management
• Anti-inflammatory medications
• Local anesthetics and vasoconstrictors
• Antimicrobial medications
• Topical oral medications
• Medications for neuralgic pain and orofacial pain
• Medications used for oral ulceration
• Oral hygiene agents and toothpastes
• Systemic medications relevant to dental treatment
• Anticoagulants and antiplatelet medications
• Medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw
• Drug interactions and adverse drug reactions
• Medical emergencies in dental practice
• Prescription writing
• Prescribing for elderly patients
• Pediatric prescribing
• Prescribing during pregnancy
• Prescribing during breastfeeding
• Prescribing in hepatic disease
• Prescribing in renal disease

Indications & Clinical Use

• Dental drug prescribing
• Dental pain management
• Local anesthesia
• Antimicrobial therapy
• Management of oral infections
• Management of orofacial and neuralgic pain
• Management of oral ulceration
• Assessment of systemic medications before dental treatment
• Drug interaction assessment
• Medical emergency preparedness
• Prescription writing
• Prescribing for children and elderly patients
• Prescribing during pregnancy and breastfeeding
• Prescribing in renal and hepatic disease

Book Content

• Medications for pain control
• Analgesics
• Anti-neuralgic medications
• Local anesthetics
• Antimicrobial medications
• Topical agents
• Agents for oral ulceration
• Oral hygiene agents and toothpastes
• Systemic medications
• Medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaws
• Medical emergencies
• Prescription writing
• Prescribing in elderly patients
• Pediatric prescriptions
• Pregnancy and breastfeeding
• Prescribing in hepatic disease
• Prescribing in renal disease

Bibliographic Specifications

• Title: Clinical Dental Pharmacology
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Editor: Kamran Ali
• Publication year: 2024
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Print ISBN: 978-1-119-98493-1
• Online ISBN: 978-1-119-98496-2
• eBook ISBN: 978-1-119-98495-5
• Pages: 208
• Language: English

Dental Education & Market Use

Relevant for dental pharmacology, dental prescribing, analgesics, local anesthetics, antimicrobials, systemic medications, drug interactions, medical emergencies, medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw, and safe pharmacological management in clinical dentistry across Egypt (A.R.E.) and the MENA region.