Product Description

"The Drug Information Handbook for Dentistry" is designed for all dental professionals seeking information on commonly prescribed medications and supplemental products. Written by dentists for dentists, this best-selling resource includes dental-specific content on thousands of drugs, natural products, and dietary supplements. In this handbook, drug monographs are alphabetically organized and cross-referenced by brand and generic name. Each drug monograph includes up to 37 fields of information, with dental-specific content highlighted in red. Fields of interest include: Local Anesthetic/Vasoconstrictor Precautions; Effects on Dental Treatment; Effects on Bleeding; and, Dental Comment. Special sections dedicated to the medically-compromised patient, specific oral conditions, and sample prescriptions are included. Lexi-Comp's "Drug Information Handbook for Dentistry" is excellent for chair-side use, supporting safe pharmacotherapy and improved patient care. It includes 40 New Drug Monographs, and New Drug Monograph Field: Effects on Bleeding. Updated special topics are: Management of the Patient with Anxiety or Depression; Cardiovascular Diseases; Oral Pain; and, Antibiotic prophylaxis - Preprocedural Antibiotics for Prosthetic Implants. New special topic section includes: Dentist's Role in Recognizing Domestic Violence, Abuse, and Neglect; Updated Appendix Information: Drug Interactions: Metabolism/Transport Effects; Dental Drug Use in Pregnancy and Breast-Feeding; Top 200 Most Prescribed Drugs; New Dentifrice Appendix Tables; and New Appendix Section: Calcium Channel Blockers and Gingival Hyperplasia.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #12097 in Books
• Published on: 2009-07-09
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 2223 pages

Customer Reviews

Clinician's Review
I've used 4 different drug reference books including the PDR. For the Clinical Dentist this is the best one I've ever used. The pertinent information the dentist needs is concveiently written in red. There are other very useful chapters in the back of the book. Excellent choice.

Excellent reference book
This is an easy-to-use and small-enough-to-handle volume for the dental professional. It is alphabetically arranged by brand name and generic name--no need to first look in an index. The information is concise and is directly related to drug interactions and dental treatment, especially dental anesthetics. Very good book to have handy in the dental office.

Reference for every dentist
This excellent reference should be on the desk on every practicing dentist. It provides concise useful information on pharmaceuticals and their interactions with dental anesthetics and epinepherine.