Author:

Bailoor D.

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Cbs
• ISBN: 9788123921884, 8123921888
• Edition: 2012

• Can a dentist make the patient pregnant even without touching her?
• What is the component of the patients in the dental clinics in India likely to be medically compromised?
• How would you modify the dental treatment if your patient has uncontrolled diabetes?
• How important is hepatitis B vaccination for the dentist?
• Can I treat the pregnant patient in my dental clinic? Which trimester is safe?
• Do all cardiovascular system affected patients require antibiotics?
• Am I practising dentistry ethically?
• How can I counsel my patients?

This book gives answers to all these and many more practical and clinical questions.

Written and edited by two nationally prominent academicians, Dr Durgesh Bailoor and Dr Ramavatar Bumb, who have pooled their knowledge and hands-on experience of over 25 years, the book provides simple tips to the young dental students as well as the dental clinicians practising in India.

This is the first Indian book which draws on the disease patterns from all over India providing a rational interaction between the oral medicine and general medicine, dermatology, sexually transmitted diseases, psychology and counseling Issues. The ethical issues currently affecting the contemporary dental practice are highlighted.

A must read for all undergraduate and postgraduate dental students, dental practitioners and even general medical practitioners who can use this as a bedside manual. Nursing students will find most chapters of interest in understanding the dental-medicine interrelations.

About The Author
Durgesh Bailoor MDS MPhil (Sociology of Health) MBA (Hosp Mgmnt) is Senior Professor, Oral Medicine and Radiology, and Director, Postgraduate Studies. Karnavati School of Dentistry, Gandhinagar, Gujarat. He was Senior Professor. Oral Medicine and Radiology, and Principal,  Jaipur Dental College. Jaipur, Rajasthan. He has presented papers at several seminars and workshops and his major areas of interest are evidence-based dentistry, problem-based learning and application of emotional intelligence to health core professionals. He has about 24 years of teaching and research experience. His textbook Fundamentals of Oral Medicine and Radiology is a popular standard Indian text on the subject.

Ramavatar Bumb MBBS MD (Dermatology) is Professor and Head. Department of Dermatology. SP Medical College. Bikaner, Rajasthan. He has clinical experience of 30 years in the field of dermatology and has published 40 papers in Indian as well as international journals. His areas of special interest are cutaneous leishmaniasis, oral manifestations of systemic diseases and precancerous and premolignant lesions.

Table of Contents
1. Diagnostic Sequence in a Dental Clinic
Durgesh Bailoor, Ramavtar Bumb, Hamid Raihan
2. Medical Emergencies in Dental Practice
Shoaib Tippu, Farza Rahman, Durgesh Bailoor
3. HIV Infection and STD in Dental Practice
Praveen Kudva, Ramavtar Bumb, Durgesh Bailoor, Hamid Raihan
4. Oral Cancer
Vela Desai, Farza Rahman, Durgesh Bailoor, KL Girish, Rajeev Sharma
5. Orofacial Pain
Durgesh Bailoor, Ramavtar Bumb, Rajeev Sharma, Vela Desai
6. Life Style Disorders
Durgesh Bailoor, Ramavtar Bumb, Hamid Raihan, Rajeev Sharma
7. Puberty, Pregnancy and Menopause
Ramavtar Bumb, Durgesh Bailoor, Shoaib Tippu
8. Cardiovascular System Disorders and the Dental Patient
Ramavtar Bumb, Durgesh Bailoor, Vela Desai, Hamid Raihan
9. Respiratory Disorders in Dental Practice
Durgesh Bailoor, Ramavtar Bumb, Hamid Raihan
10. Bleeding Diathesis
Durgesh Bailoor, Ramavtar Bumb, Shweta Hegde, Hamid Raihan
11. Gastrointestinal Disease
Ramavtar Bumb, Durgesh Bailoor, Suman Sen, Dipika Bumb
12. Liver Disorders
Durgesh Bailoor, Ramavtar Bumb, Hamid Raihan
13. Endocrinal System Disorders
Ramavtar Bumb, Durgesh Bailoor, Bumb Dipika
14. Kidney Disorders and the Dental Patient
Durgesh Bailoor, Ramavtar Bumb, Priyanka Narang
15. Geriatric Dentistry
Dugesh Bailoor, Ramavtar Bumb, Suman Sen
16. Counseling in Dental Practice
Durgesh Bailoor, Ramavtar Bumb, Shweta Hegde, Suman Sen
17. Drugs under the Scanner: Banned in the West, What about the Rest?
Durgesh Bailoor, Ramavtar Bumb, Dipika Bumb
18. Ethics in Dental Practice
Durgesh Bailoor, Dipika Bumb, Priyanka Narang
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