Main description:

Highly Commended at BMA Medical Book Competition 2009

'Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine, 2nd edition' continues to present the basics of the specialty in an accessible and digestible format. 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. 'Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine, 2nd edition' 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.

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; Behçet 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; Sjögren syndrome; Temporomandibular joint pain-dysfunction syndrome; Trigeminal and other neuralgias Section IV RELEVANT AND OTHER SYSTEMIC DISORDERS Human immunodeficiency virus infection; Iatrogenic disease; Oral manifestations of disorders of specific systems Section V EPONYMOUS AND OTHER CONDITIONS Eponymous conditions; Other conditions APPENDIX Adverse drug reactions