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ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL MEDICINE
Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine
The Basis of Diagnosis and Treatment
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Second Edition

By
Crispian Scully, CBE, MD, PhD, MDS, MRCS, FDSRCS, FDSRCPS, FFDRCSI, FDSRCSE, FRCPath, FMedSci, FHEA, FUCL, DSc, DChD, DMed (HC), Professor of Oral Medicine, Pathology and Microbiology, University of London, UK UCL-Eastman Dental Institute, and WHO Collaborating Centre for Disability, Culture and Oral Health, London, UK; Visiting Professor at Universities of Edinburgh, Helsinki, Middlesex and West of England; Honorary Consultant at University College Hospitals, London, UK; Great Ormond Street Hospital, London; St. Savvas Hospital, Athens, Greece and European Institute for Oncology, Milan, Italy

Description
Avoiding excessive detail, the prize-winning book offers sound guidance on the whole range of common and potentially serious disorders that are routinely encountered in clinical practice. It places a strong emphasis on practical issues with a clear ?how to? approach and easy access to information via the liberal use of artworks, tables, colour photographs, patient care pathways and chapter summary boxes. Completely revised and updated, with additional text and illustrations, this volume is ideal for senior dental students, dental practitioners and for trainees and practitioners in oral medicine, surgery 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.

Contents
Section I FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF PATIENT MANAGEMENT

Diagnosis: history; Diagnosis: examination; Diagnosis: general investigations; Treatment; Agents used in the treatment of patients with oral disease

Section II COMMON COMPLAINTS

Cervical lymphadenopathy; Drooling and sialorrhoea; Dry mouth (xerostomia); Halitosis (oral malodour); Lumps and swellings; Pain; Red, white and pigmented lesions; Sensory and motor changes and taste abnormalities; Soreness and ulcers

Section III COMMON AND IMPORTANT ORAL CONDITIONS

Angioedema (angioneurotic oedema); Angular cheilitis (angular stomatitis); Aphthae (recurrent aphthous stomatitis); Atypical facial pain; Behcet syndrome; Bell?s palsy; Burning mouth syndrome (oral dysaesthesia); Cancer; Candidiasis; Denture-related stomatitis; Erythema migrans; Erythema multiforme; Erythroplakia, leukoplakia, keratosis and other potentially malignant lesions; Fordyce spots; Gingival drug-induced swelling; Granulomatous cheilitis; Herpesvirus infections; Lichen planus; Odontogenic cysts and tumours; Pemphigoid; Pemphigus; Salivary neoplasms; Sjogren syndrome; Temporomandibular joint pain?dysfunction syndrome; Trigeminal and other neuralgias

Section IV RELEVANT OTHER SYSTEMIC DISORDERS

Human immunodeficiency virus infection; Iatrogenic disease; Oral manifestations of disorders of specific systems; Other conditions

Section V EPONYMOUS CONDITIONS

Eponymous conditions

APPENDIX Adverse drug reactions

Bibliographic details
Paperback, 408 pages, publication date: FEB-2008
ISBN-13: 978-0-443-06818-8
ISBN-10: 0-443-06818-6
Imprint: CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE


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