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Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine

The Basis of Diagnosis and Treatment

By
  • Crispian Scully, CBE MD PhD MDS MRCS BSc FDSRCS FDSRCPS FFDRCSI FDSRCSE FRCPath FMedSci FHEA FUCL DSc DChD DMed[HC] DrHC , Emeritus Professor, University College London, London, UK; Honorary Consultant University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, HCA International Hospitals and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK

The new edition of this highly successful volume continues to offer readers with a systemized and objective approach to the practice of oral and maxillofacial medicine. Winner of the Royal Society of Medicine and Society of Authors Book Award in the category of ‘New Authored Book’ (2004), and Highly Commended in the British Medical Association Book Awards (2009), this volume is ideal for senior dental students, dental practitioners and for trainees and practitioners in oral medicine, surery, and pathology in particular.

Audience
Senior Dental students
Trainees in oral medicine, surgery and pathology.
VDPs, dental residents and qualified dentists.
Candidates for postgraduate dental exams such as MFDS.

Paperback, 448 Pages

Published: January 2013

Imprint: Churchill Livingstone

ISBN: 978-0-7020-4948-4

Reviews

  • "The author is a world authority on his subject and his enthusiasm and skill in presenting complex issues is clearly is supported by the elegant and vital layout of the whole publication. I’m delighted to have a copy of this book in my own library."
    BMA Book Awards 2009 - judges comments

Contents

  • Section 1 FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF PATIENT MANAGEMENT

    1 Diagnosis: history

    2 Diagnosis: examination

    3 Diagnosis: investigations

    4 Treatment

    5 Agents used in the treatment of patients with orofacial disease

    Section 2 COMMON COMPLAINTS

    6 Cervical lymphadenopathy

    7 Drooling and sialorrhoea

    8 Dry mouth (xerostomia and hyposalivation)

    9 Halitosis (oral malodour)

    10 Lumps and swellings

    11 Lumps and swellings in the lip

    12 Lumps and swellings in the gingiva

    13 Lumps and swellings in the palate

    14 Lumps and swellings in the tongue

    15 Lumps and swellings in the salivary glands

    16 Lumps and swellings in the jaws

    17 Pain

    18 Pigmented brown or black lesions

    19 Red lesions

    20 Sensory and motor changes

    21 Soreness and ulcers

    22 Taste abnormalities

    23 Trismus

    24 White lesions

    Section 3 CANCER AND POTENTIALLY MALIGNANT DISORDERS

    25 Potentially malignant disorders

    26 Actinic cheilitis

    27 Erythroplakia(erythroplasia)

    28 Leukoplakia

    29 Lichen planus

    30 Submucous fibrosis

    31 Cancer

    Section 4 COMMON AND IMPORTANT OROFACIAL CONDITIONS

    32 Angioedema

    33 Angular cheilitis (angular stomatitis)

    34 Aphthae (recurrent aphthous stomatitis)

    35 Atypical (idiopathic) facial pain

    36 Behçet syndrome

    37 Bell’s palsy

    38 Burning mouth syndrome (oral dysaesthesia)

    39 Candidosis (candidiasis)

    40 Denture-related stomatitis

    41 Erythema migrans

    42 Erythema multiforme

    43 Herpesvirus infections

    44 Keratoses

    45 Odontogenic cysts and tumours

    46 Orofacial granulomatosis

    47 Pemphigoid

    48 Pemphigus

    49 Salivary neoplasms

    50 Sjögren syndrome

    51 Temporomandibular joint pain-dysfunction syndrome

    52 Trigeminal and other neuralgias

    Section 5 RELEVANT AND OTHER SYSTEMIC DISORDERS

    53 Human immunodeficiency virus infection

    54 Iatrogenic disease

    55 Oral manifestations of disorders of specific systems

    Section 6 EPONYMOUS AND OTHER CONDITIONS, AND GLOSSARY

    56 Eponymous conditions

    57 Other conditions

    58 Glossary

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