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Important Points

•Before treatment an accurate diagnosis of each disease entity must be made.

•Treatment without prior diagnosis is, as a rule, unsuccessful and may be dangerous for the patient.

•Medicines must be prescribed only when they are necessary and when the benefits have been considered in relation to the risks involved.

•For treatment to be successful the choice of the correct drug and the patient’s compliance with the physician’s instructions are necessary.

•Clinicians must thoroughly understand, for every drug, the mechanism of action, clinical indications, interactions, side effects, formulations, and the dosage.

•Almost all drugs have several side effects on multiple organ systems.

•Physicians should choose the treatment with the optimal outcome and reasonable cost.

•New drugs must be used with caution.

•Stomatologists and dentists should avoid undertaking the treatment of the systemic diseases presenting with oral manifestations. The treatment of these diseases must be provided by the respective specialists.

•Topical treatment of oral manifestations of systemic diseases must always be undertaken in collaboration with the patient’s physician.

•Several serious oral diseases require hospital care.

•There should be a good rapport or understanding between the physician and the patient—it is important for most therapeutic measures to be effective.

This must always be in the mind of the physician before making decisions about diagnosis and treatment.