This course reviews the development of antimicrobials and their place in dentistry. The goal is to enable you to select appropriate antibiotics in terms of potency against oral pathogens and to balance that potency against possible toxicity and hypersensitivity reactions.
Viral hepatitis is transmitted enterically and parenterally by a group of related pathogens. Hepatitis A, B, C, D, and E have been extensively studied, but many questions remain about the clinical implications of F and G.