Books in the Essentials (Dentistry) series

Essential Clinical Oral Biology is an accessible guide to oral biology, introducing the scientific knowledge necessary to succeed in clinical practice.

The Dentistry Essentials are an international series of textbooks, designed to support lecture series or themes on core topics within dentistry. Essential Dental Therapeutics is a practical guide to drugs and their effects on dental care. Covering both medical and dental prescribing, all major categories of prescription drugs, their possible side effects, and potential drug interactions are discussed. The medical section is succinct and easily understandable, providing busy dentists with the information they need about medical conditions and the drugs used to treat them. The dental section offers practical, straightforward information that is relevant to everyday dental prescribing. All clinical contributing authors are medically and dentally trained, and both strands are fully integrated throughout the text. Readers can test their knowledge by using the key topics and learning objectives at the start of each chapter, and by accessing the companion website featuring self-assessment questions. Essential Dental Therapeutics is a practical reference for dental students and practitioners, ensuring they are safe and informed in everyday practice.

Essentials of Human Disease in Dentistry takes a comprehensive approach to human diseases as they relate to dentistry. Based on the Textbook of Human Disease in Dentistry and integrating general medicine, surgery, pharmacology, therapeutics, pathology and microbiology, this new edition has been updated with a new layout, featuring key learning objectives and practical clinical advice in each chapter. Structured around the systems of the body, the book covers all major diseases and conditions with their aetiology, symptoms, and treatments. The key focus throughout is the relevance of particular diseases and/or their drug treatment to dentistry and in turn to patient dental management.