"Clinical Dental Pharmacology provides quick access to key information on drugs relevant to clinical dental practice. The book is designed for ease of use, with tables, flow charts, and figures to facilitate visual understanding. Coverage encompasses drugs prescribed by dentists, drugs used in medical emergencies in dental practice, and systemic medications that may cause complications with dental care or oral side effects. Logically organized by drug class, the book presents information on the indications, pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, routes of administration, dosage, preparations, side effects, cautions and contra-indications for eachdrug. A companion website provides self-assessment quizzes, including single-best and extended matching multiple choice questions, clinical cases, and PowerPoint presentations. Clinical Dental Pharmacology supports dental practitioners and students in safely and responsibly prescribing drugs and managing patients on systemic medications"-- Provided by publisher.