Pharmacy Practicals for Dental Students: 0 - Softcover

The book has been prepared for dental, medical and pharmacy students as per their syllabi. The author has tried to make the text precise, interesting and reader It is important to select a proper dosage form from amongst the many preparations available for the same drug. Keeping this fact in mind, various dosage forms have been discussed so that some of the simple preparations of important groups can be dispensed by the students as practical exercises. The action and uses of each ingredient of the exercises have been dealt in detail. The key points of the text are placed in boxes. This publication aims to serve as a complete practical book for the students of dental, medical and pharmacy disciplines during their training and preparation for their examinations.1. Introduction 2. Prescription Writing 3. Commonly Used Conventional Latin Abbreviations 4. Metrology (Weights and Me 5. Percentage Solutions 6. Posology 7. Dosage Forms 8. Mixtures 9. Drops 10. Powders 11. Lotions 12. Gargles 13. Mouthwash 14. Paints 15. Pastes 16. Pills 17. Emulsions 18. Plasters 19. Ointments.

Naresh Kumar Khanna Dr Khanna is currently Professor and Head, Department of Pharmacology, Jaipur Dental College, Jaipur. He has taught in various medical colleges of Rajasthan for 33 years, out of which he has been professor and head of the department of pharmacology for 20 years. After retirement he has served as Director, Maharishi Arvind College of Pharmacy, Jaipur; Professor and Head of the Department of Pharmacology, MGNIMS, Jaipur; and Visiting Professor of Pharmacology, Kathmandu Medical College, Kathmandu. He has been elected as a Member of National Academy of Medical Sciences and Fellow of International Medical Science Academy. He has contributed 200 research and review articles in reputed national and international journals, and presented papers and chaired sessions in various national and international conferences. He has written a book entitled Principles of Dental Pharmacology and contributed chapters on several topics of pharmacology in various textbooks of pharmacology and other books of medicine.