Main description:

This updated edition of the "American Academy of Oral Medicine (AAOM) Clinician's Guide" series bestseller is intended as a quick reference to the etiologic factors, clinical description, currently accepted therapeutic management and patient education of the more common oral conditions. Topics include: chapped lips, cheilitis, taste disorders, shingles, dry mouth and recurrent orofacial herpes simplex. For many conditions described in this monograph there is currently no cure, but the treatment modalities outlined in the guide can help practitioners offer their patients relief from discomfort and the best available management techniques for each presenting condition.

Contents:

1. Burning Mouth Disorder 2. Candidiasis/Candidosis 3. Chapped/Cracked Lips 4. Cheilitis/Cheilosis (Actinic, Solar) 5. Cheilitis/Cheilosis (Angular) 6. Denture Sore Mouth 7. Erythema Multiforme 8. Geographic Tongue (Benign Migratory Glossitis, Erythema Migrans) 9. Gingival Overgrowth 10. Herpetic Gingivostomatitis (Primary Herpes) 11. Herpes Simplex Recurrent (Orofacial) 12. Herpes Zoster (Shingles) 13. Lichen Planus 14. Management of Patients Receiving Antineoplastic Agents and Radiation Therapy 15. Pemphigus Vulgaris and Mucous Membrane Pemphigoid 16. Recurrent Apthous Stomatitis 17. Taste and Smell Disorders (Chemosensory Disorders) 18. Xeroxtomia (Reduced Salivary Flow and Dry Mouth)