Abstract

This is the 1st edition of the book Principles of Drug Therapy in Dentistry. The text is comprehensive, updated as per the present day requirements in the subject of dentistry. The book gives curative medicines and drugs used in management of oral diseases are mentioned in detail to facilitate understanding and help both undergraduate and postgraduate students of dentistry. The book has 6 chapters. The first chapter deals with general pharmacology. Chapter two is pain control mechanism in dentistry. A sound foundation of understanding of antimicrobial agents, antifungal agents and antiviral agents is provided in the next three chapters giving details of different drugs of all three groups in simple text and easy to understand illustrations along with recent advances. Chapter 6th deals with emergency drugs used in dentistry. A comprehensive index is given at last.