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Elsevier

Essentials of Pharmacology and Therapeutics for Dentistry

  • 1 Edición - 30 de agosto de 2023
  • Última edición
  • Autores: Frank J. Dowd, Angelo Mariotti
  • Idioma: Inglés

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Descripción

Choose the pharmacology textbook that’s ideal for the classroom, chairside use, and reference! Essentials of Pharmacology and Therapeutics for Dentistry provides a clear, succinct guide to the pharmacologic information you need to know in dental practice. The book’s streamlined approach makes it easier to understand and apply the principles of pharmacology, the ways that drugs affect the body, and the risk of adverse drug interactions. With this knowledge, you will prepare for success on the IMBDE — and optimize patient care by factoring in the drugs they take. Written by noted dental educators Frank Dowd and Angelo Mariotti, Essentials includes a fully searchable eBook version free with each print purchase.

Puntos claves

  • 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

De interès para

Undergraduate dental students

Índice

1. Pharmacodynamics: Mechanisms of Drug Action

2. Pharmacokinetics: The Absorption, Distribution, and Fate of Drugs

3. Pharmacotherapeutics: The Clinical Use of Drugs

4. Introduction to Autonomic Nervous System Drugs

5. Cholinergic Agonists and Muscarinic Receptor Antagonists

6. Drugs Acting at Nicotinic Cholinergic Receptors or Near the Neuromuscular Junction

7. Adrenergic Receptor Agonists

8. Adrenergic Receptor Antagonists

9. Central Nervous System (CNS) Drugs

10. General Anesthetics

11. Local Anesthetics

12. Principles of Antimicrobial Therapy

13. Anti-Infective Drugs

14. Analgesics and Acute Pan Control

15. Bone Sparing Drugs: Bisphosphonates and RANKL Inhibitors

16. Drugs Affecting the Cardiovascular System

17. Endocrine Drugs

18. Drugs Acting on The Respiratory System

19. Dental Therapeutics

Appendix

1. Drugs Used to Treat Parkinson’s Disease

2. Antiseizures Medications

3. Autacoids

4. Gastrointestinal Drugs

5. Immunosuppressant Drugs

6. Anticancer Drugs

7. Emergency Drugs

8. Prescription Writing

Detalles del producto

  • Edición: 1
  • Última edición
  • Publicado: 30 de agosto de 2023
  • Idioma: Inglés

Sobre los autores

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Frank J. Dowd

Professor Frank J. Dowd works in the Department of Pharmacology; Professor, Department of Oral Biology, School of Dentistry, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, NE.
Afiliaciones y experiencia
Professor, Department of Pharmacology; Professor, Department of Oral Biology, School of Dentistry, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, NE, USA

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Angelo Mariotti

Afiliaciones y experiencia
Professor Emeritus, Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, Creighton University, School of Medicine and School of Dentistry, Omaha, Nebraska, USA