Dental Emergencies - Paperback

Dental emergencies are common and require rapid response. Order today and keep readily accessible in your dental practice!

Filled with clinical examples and step-by-step procedures, Dental Emergencies covers the full range of both common and complex traumatic injuries, pain, and oral lesions.

From clinical examination and assessment of potential complications to key considerations in pain management, acute oral medical and surgical conditions, restorative emergencies, treating special needs patients, and beyond, you get a comprehensive reference that:

•distills essential information on dental emergencies
•offers succinct, practical instruction for immediate treatment
•highlights conditions for referral
•and much more!

From the Back Cover

This book is a clear and comprehensive guide to the treatment and management of dental emergencies in clinical practice. Written and edited by experts in the field, the book provides succinct step by step advice for dealing with a range of emergency situations. Beginning with examination and patient histories, it covers restorative emergencies, traumatic injuries and pain management with advice for treatment options including analgesia, surgery, and referrals.
Dental Emergencies also includes chapters that focus on the treatment of special needs patients and the management of medical emergencies in the course of dental treatment with reference to specific case examples. Providing practical, clear advice and highly illustrated throughout, this book is an invaluable reference for all dental practices.

KEY FEATURES

• A concise guide to managing dental emergencies in clinical practice
• Contains step-by-step procedures and clinical examples
• Provides thorough coverage of presentations of pain and pain management
• Includes key chapters on treating patients with special needs and dealing with medical emergencies occurring during dental treatment
• Fully illustrated throughout with colour photos

Table of Contents

List of Contributors ix
Preface xi

Acknowledgements xiii

1 Introduction, Infection Control and Prescribing 1
M. Greenwood

Introduction to the dental emergency clinic 1

Infection and infection control 2

Prescribing 8

Conclusions 12

Further reading 12

2 History Taking and Clinical Examination of Patients on a Dental Emergency Clinic 13
I.P. Corbett, C.B. Hayward and M. Greenwood

Introduction 13

History taking 13

Patient examination 18

Special tests 24

Record keeping 25

Consent 25

Conclusions 28

Further reading 28

3 Radiology and the Dental Emergency Clinic 29
R.I. Macleod

Introduction 29

Patients in pain 33

Trauma radiology 35

Looking at radiographs 36

Conclusions 38

Further reading 38

4 Acute Oral Medical and Surgical Conditions 39
P.J. Thomson

Introduction 39

Oro-facial swelling 39

Blistering disorders of the oral mucosa 45

Oral ulceration 47

Disturbed oro-facial sensory or motor function 49

Haemorrhage 50

Other acute conditions 51

Bony pathology 52

Summary 55

Further reading 55

5 Restorative Dental Emergencies 57
A. Moufti and C.B. Hayward

Introduction 57

General principles 59

Pain management 59

Infections and soft tissue problems 65

Crack, fracture and mobility of teeth and dental restorations 71

Fractured and loose implants 81

Fractures and swallowing of removable prostheses 82

Conclusions 83

Further reading 83

6 Acute Presentations of Chronic Oro-Facial Pain Conditions 85
J. Durham

Introduction 85

Oro-facial pain history 86

Examination of patients with oro-facial pain 89

Special investigations for oro-facial pain 90

Presentation, investigations and initial management of acute non-odontogenic oro-facial pain 92

Further reading 102

7 Traumatic Injuries to the Teeth and Oral Soft Tissues 103
U. Chaudhry and I.C. Mackie

Assessment of the traumatised patient 103

Management of traumatic dental injuries 105

Injuries to the hard dental tissues and the pulp 105

Injuries to the hard dental tissues, the pulp and the alveolar process 112

Injuries to the periodontal tissues 116

Dento-alveolar fractures 127

Conclusions 127

Further reading 128

8 Pain Relief in the Dental Emergency Clinic 129
U.J. Moore

Introduction 129

General mechanism of pain 129

Distribution of pain fibres in the mouth and jaws 134

Sources of pain in the mouth and jaws 135

Control of