Mark Greenwood
Consultant Maxillofacial Surgeon and Senior Clinical Lecturer, Newcastle Teaching Hospitals
The Recognition and Management of Patients who Overdose on Analgesics Secondary to Dental Pain
Joshua LopezEliciting a detailed analgesic history is the first step in recognizing an overdose. Figure 1 gives a checklist of information for clinicians to gain from patients to aid when taking a history of...
ABCDE assessment and the out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
Andrew SteeleThe Resuscitation Council (UK) recently updated their recommendation for equipment that should be available in dental practice (Table 1).3 The list includes personal protective equipment, such as...
A case of undiagnosed harlequin syndrome presenting in general dental practice
Kathryn EdwardsA 45-year-old female presented to her general dental practitioner for routine dental care. She had rushed to the appointment and presented to her dentist with distinctly demarcated unilateral facial...
Essentials of medical history-taking in dental patients
Mark GreenwoodMuch of the medical assessment of a patient is derived from the history. Some underlying conditions may be of direct relevance to the safe management of dental patients. It is important that dental...
Chondrolipoma presenting as a lump on the lateral tongue
Fahad ShabbirA 71-year-old Caucasian male was referred via his general medical practitioner to the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department at the Newcastle General Hospital for consultation regarding a painless...