Dental management of the cocaine addict
Oral Surgery Oral Medicine Oral PathologyPublished 1 January 1988
Arthur H. Friedlander, David A. Gorelick
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The detrimental physiologic aspects of addiction require that certain precautions be observed during dental care to avoid a morbid reaction or a possible fatality.
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Addiction to cocaine is a growing problem in the United States. The detrimental physiologic aspects of addiction require that certain precautions be observed during dental care to avoid a morbid reaction or a possible fatality. The adverse psychological and social aspects of addiction must also be understood by the dentist in order to properly manage this troubled group of patients.
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MedicinePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics
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