Summary: "Updated and expanded evidence-based coverage includes topics such as caries risk, fetal alcohol syndrome, periodontal disease, thyroid hormones and disease, stem cells and dental pulp, and developmental defects associated with specific diseases and conditions."--Publisher description.
Contents:unit I. Orofacial structures
Contents:Structure of the oral tissues -- General embryology -- Embryology of the head, face, and oral cavity -- Cytoskeleton, cell junctions, fibroblasts, and extracellular matrixes -- Development of the tooth and its supporting tissues -- Bone -- Enamel : composition, formation, and structure -- Dentin-pulp complex -- Periodontium -- Ph
Contents:Sect. I: Basic principles -- Sect. II: Autonomic drugs -- Sect. III: Cardiovascular-renal drugs -- Sect. IV: Drugs with important actions on smooth muscle -- Sect. V: Drugs that act in the central nervous system -- Sect. VI: Drugs used to treat diseases of the blood, inflammation, & gout -- Sect. VII: Endocrine drugs -- Sect.
