A Clinical Guide to General Medicine for Dental Practitioners

Aimed at the practising clinician, this book, now in its third edition, provides a welcome detailed overview of the medical and surgical conditions that affect patients seen in everyday dental practice. With patients surviving longer due to medical advances, dentists are increasingly faced with complex conditions and possibly some that they have not previously encountered. Here, treatment advice, drug interactions, and the impact of general medical and surgical conditions on treatment planning in the dental context are all covered with a comprehensive but practical approach. In addition to chapters on the implications for dental practice of disorders of each of the different body systems and immunological and infectious diseases, important aspects in particular patient groups, including cancer patients, the elderly, and the paediatric population, are identified. Overall, this book provides dentists with a practical, logical, and convenient guide of great value, helping to update knowledge and foster improved patient care.

Mark Greenwood, BDS, MB ChB, MDS, PhD, FDSRCS, FRCS (England and Edinburgh), FRCS (OMFS), FHEA, is Consultant in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery; Clinical Head of Oral and Maxillofacial Sciences and Honorary Clinical Professor of Medical Education in Dentistry at Newcastle upon Tyne NHS Hospitals Foundation Trust and Newcastle University, UK. From 2013 to 2015 he was Co-Clinical Director for the Dental Directorate in Newcastle. His main interests are the academic aspects of oral and maxillofacial surgery and the interface between medicine and dentistry. Prof. Greenwood has a special interest in undergraduate medical education in Dentistry, with a focus on teaching of core principles and development of clinical observational skills. He has authored a number of books including former editions of A Clinical Guide to General Medicine and Surgery for Dental Practitioners (BDJ Books).

John Meechan was Senior Lecturer, Clinical Teaching Lead and Honorary Consultant in Oral Surgery at Newcastle University and the Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
He was the training programme director for Oral Surgery in Newcastle and chaired the Intercollegiate Surgical Fellowship Examination Board for Oral Surgery in the U.K.
He is the recipient of a Distinguished Scientist Award from the International Association for Dental Research, a King James IV Professorship from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, the Charles Tomes medal from the Royal College of Surgeons of England and has won the Medical Futures Innovations award for Dental and Oral Health.