Recognition and management of common acute conditions of the oral cavity resulting from tooth decay, periodontal disease, and trauma: An update for the family physician

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 285-294

  Edwards, Paul C ^a   Kanjirath, Preetha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental decay; Otolaryngology; Periodontal diseases

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; CEVIMELINE; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLINDAMYCIN; DIURETIC AGENT; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLUORIDE; HYDROCODONE BITARTRATE PLUS PARACETAMOL; IBUPROFEN; METRONIDAZOLE; NARCOTIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PENICILLIN V POTASSIUM; PERCOCET; PILOCARPINE; SALIVA SUBSTITUTE;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ACTINOBACILLUS; BONE DESTRUCTION; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEBRIDEMENT; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL SURGERY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDODONTICS; FUSOBACTERIUM; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GINGIVA DISEASE; HUMAN; LUDWIG ANGINA; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MATERNAL CARE; MOUTH HYGIENE; MOUTH PROTECTOR; NONHUMAN; ORBIT INFECTION; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERIODONTITIS; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PREVOTELLA INTERMEDIA; PULPITIS; REVIEW; SELENOMONAS; STREPTOCOCCUS; TETANUS PROPHYLAXIS; TOOTH ABSCESS; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TOOTH FILLING; TOOTH INJURY; TOOTH PAIN; TOOTH PLAQUE; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY; TREPONEMA; VINCENT STOMATITIS; XEROSTOMIA;

ACUTE DISEASE; DENTAL CARIES; DIAGNOSIS, ORAL; HUMANS; MOUTH DISEASES; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 77952188441     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2010.03.090023     Document Type: Review

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