title: General medicine and surgery for dental practitioners. Part 8: Musculoskeletal system.
abstract: Disorders of the musculoskeletal system may impact on dental management in diverse ways. Diseases of the bones may have a direct influence on treatment and joint disorders can also cause difficulties. Cervical spine involvement may lead to poor neck extension causing difficulties in providing dental treatment under local anaesthesia or allowing the provision of a safe general anaesthetic. Muscular disorders may mitigate against safe general anaesthesia. As with all medical disorders a thorough history can help to prevent many of the possible problems which may occur secondary to musculoskeletal diseases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, The Dental School, Framlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4BW, UK. beryl.leggatt@ncl.ac.uk
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Greenwood
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Meechan
mesh_terms: D000766:Anesthesia, Dental; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000009:adverse effects; D000964:Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic / Q000009:adverse effects; D017742:Dental Care for Chronically Ill; D004347:Drug Interactions; D019214:Gingival Overgrowth / Q000139:chemically induced; D006801:Humans; D017676:Lichen Planus, Oral / Q000139:chemically induced; D008727:Methotrexate / Q000009:adverse effects; D009140:Musculoskeletal Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D019226:Oral Ulcer / Q000139:chemically induced
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000964:Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic; D008727:Methotrexate