Description
- Emphasis on dental applications of pharmacology helps students connect pharmacologic concepts, principles, and medications with clinical practice.- eBook version is included with print purchase, allowing students to access all of the text, figures, and references, plus self-test questions, animations, and video discussions, with the ability to search, customize content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud.- Concise, key content focuses on the material students need to know to prepare for the INBDE (Integrated National Board Dental Examination).- 200 full-color illustrations depict important content and make understanding easier.- Animations and video discussions accompany each chapter, and may be accessed through the eBook included with print purchase.- INBDE-style, self-test questions help students assess their knowledge of the material.
Table of Contents
1) Pharmacodynamics 2) Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacogenetics 3) Pharmacotherapeutics 4) Introduction to autonomic nervous system (ANS) 5) Autonomic Drugs (adrenergic and cholinergic) 6) General anesthetics and sedative-hypnotic drugs 7) Local Anesthetics 8) Anti-infective agents (antibiotics, antifungal, antiviral) 9) Analgesics and Acute Pain Management 10) Autacoids 11) Anticonvulsants and antiparkinsonian drugs 12) Bone sparing drugs 13) Cardiac and vascular drugs 14) Drugs action on respiratory system 15) Endocrine drugs (Parathyroid, Adrenals, Insulin, Sex Steroids) 16) Immunological drugs 17) Antineoplastics 18) Toxicology and adverse drug interactions 19) Drugs specific to dentistry 20) Emergency drugs 21) Prescription Writing
