Main 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. 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. The temporomandibular joints and periarticular tissues. Diseases of the oral mucosa: infective stomatitis. 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 and lymphomas. Melanoma and other pigmented lesions. Anaemias and leukaemias. Haemorrhagic diseases. Immunodeficiencey diseases and the acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Immunologically-mediated diseases. 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 and neurological disorders. Complications of systemic drug treatment. Emergencies in dental practice.