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Eighth Edition
By
Roderick Cawson, MD, FDSRCS, FDSRCPS(Glas), FRCPath, FAAOMP, Emeritus Professor of Oral Medicine and Pathology, Guy's King's and St Thomas' Dental Institute,
King's College London, UK; Visiting Professor in Oral Pathology, Baylor College of Dentistry, Texas A&M University System, Dallas,
TX, USA
Edward Odell, FDSRCS, MSc, PhD, FRCPath, Professor of Oral Pathology and Medicine, King's College London, UK; Honorary Consultant in Oral Pathology, Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
Description
This is a new edition of a classic textbook of oral pathology and oral medicine for dental students and candidates for postgraduate dentistry
exams. Illustrated in colour throughout, the book offers a comprehensive introduction to the pathology of oral disease, its clinical
manifestations and the principles of management. A final section deals with the medically compromised patient.
Contents
Principles of investigation and diagnosis. SECTION ONE: HARD TISSUE PATHOLOGY. Disorders of development of teeth and related tissues.
Dental caries. Pulpitis, apical periodontitis, resorption, hypercementosis. Gingivitis and periodonitis. Major infections of the mouth,
jaws and perioral tissues. Cysts of the jaws. Odontogenic tumours and tumour-like lesions of the jaws. Non-odontogenic tumours of the
jaws. Genetic, metabolic and other non-neoplastic bone diseases. Disorders of the temporomandibular joints and periarticular tissues.
Self-assessment queestions and learning guides. SECTION TWO: SOFT TISSUE DISEASE. Diseases of the oral mucosa: introduction and mucosal
infections. Diseases of the oral mucosa: non-infective stomatitis. Tongue disorders. Benign chronic white mucosal lesions. Oral premalignancy.
Oral cancer. Neoplastic and non-neoplastic diseases of salivary glands. Common benign mucosal swellings. Soft-tissue (mesenchymal) neoplasms.
Melanoma and other pigmented lesions. Self-assessment quesions and learning guides. SECTION THREE: THE MEDICALLY COMPROMISED PATIENT.
Anaemias, leukaemias and lymphomas. Haemorrhagic diseases. Immunodeficiencies and HIV disease. Allergy and autoimmune disease. Cervical
lymphadenopathy. Cardiovascular disease. Respiratory tract disease. Gastrointestinal and liver disease. Nutritional deficiencies. Endocrine
disorders and pregnancy. Renal disease. Intellectual and physical disability and psychiatric disorders. Pain, anxiety, neurological and
psychogenic disorders. Complications of systemic drug treatment. Emergencies in dental practice. Self-assessment questions and learning
guides.
| Bibliographic details |
Paperback, 472 pages, publication date: FEB-2008
ISBN-13: 978-0-443-10125-0
ISBN-10: 0-443-10125-6
Imprint: CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE
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Last update: 10 Sep 2009
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