Indholdsfortegnelse

1. Basics

• Anatomical basics
• Bone and skeletal system: Anatomy, histology, physiology, and pathophysiology
• Pain and wound healing
• Laboratory examination: Which values are important for the dentist?

2. Pharmacology

• Basics of pharmacology
• Antibiotic therapy in dental practice
• Analgesic therapy in dental practice
• Recommendations for the target-oriented and reasonable use of pharmaceuticals in the dental office
• Drugs relevant to dentistry and their interaction with frequently prescribed drugs
• Medication-associated osteonecrosis of the jaw
• The Role of new antiresorptives, neoangiogenesis inhibitors, and immunomodulators in the development of osteonecrosis of the jaw
• Coagulation and anticoagulants
• Cause and therapy of hemorrhage
• Management of the anticoagulated patient during dentoalveolar surgery
• The Immunocompromised patient in the dental practice

3. Common medical conditions relevant in dentistry

• The medical importance of dentistry
• Medical diagnostics in dental practice
• Coronary heart disease
• Cerebrovascular events—Epidemiology, symptoms, etiology, diagnosis, prognosis, and prophylaxis
• Venous thrombosis
• Endocarditis
• Diabetes mellitus and dentistry
• Dental treatment of patients with chronic renal insufficiency
• Metabolic bone diseases and osteoporosis
• Lung infection: Basic pulmonary physiology and pathophysiology and the diagnosis and therapy of pneumonia
• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
• Asthma management
• The pregnant patient
• Sinusitis: Clinical presentation, diagnosis, and therapy
• Inflammatory diseases of the ear
• Salivary gland diseases
• Colorectal and bronchial cancer
• Breast cancer (Mammary Carcinoma)
• Neoplasms of the blood
• Prostate cancer—The most common malignant neoplasm in men
• Allergic reactions and their significance in dental practice
• Headache in dental practice: An introduction
• Headache and facial pain
• Emergency medical care in the dental practice
• Sedation and anesthesia
• Managing multimorbid patients in the dental practice
• Dementia: Epidemiology, manifestations, diagnosis, therapy, and prognosis
• Multiple sclerosis: A chronic degenerative disease of the central nervous system
• Parkinson disease
• Sleep-related breathing disorders and dentistry: Where is the connection?
• Standardized examination and special diagnostic procedures in oral medicine
• Oral cancer
• Odontogenic infections Part 1: Pathology
• Odontogenic infections Part 2: Diagnostics and therapy
• Odontogenic infections Part 3: Complications and differential diagnoses
• Imagined ugliness: Body dysmorphic disorder
• Basics of traumatology, fracture healing, and principles of osteosynthesis

4. Medical knowledge for the dental team

• Prevention and early detection of malignant diseases
• Hygiene in practice and surgery
• The needlestick injury in practice: An almost everyday problem
• Dentistry and ophthalmology
• “There is a cost to caring:” Prevention of burnout for the practice team
• Burnout in dentists: A literature review
• The back: Classic problem area for the dentist
• Dupuytren disease—When the fingers no longer cooperate
• Disease transmission and risk of infection in dental practice using SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) as a particular example

5. Appendix