Medical Conditions and How They Affect Dental Care

To provide appropriate care, dentists must know if patients have any underlying conditions. This issue, edited by dental expert James Hupp, alerts practitioners to the following medical conditions and how they affect dental care: ischemic heart disease, cardiac valvular disease and CHF, obstructive pulmonary diseases, hepatic diseases, diabetes, renal diseases, hypertension, stroke and Alzheimer's disease, seizure disorders, pregnancy, organ and bone marrow transplant, substance abuse, HIV, and more.