Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine: The Basis of Diagnosis and Treatment, 3 Rev ed.

Fully updated throughout with over 100 new photographs and artworks, Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine 3e presents a straightforward, easy-to-read guide to the successful diagnosis and treatment of the most common and potentially serious disorders seen in clinical practice. Maintaining a strong patient-centred approach throughout, the book also explores relevant systemic disorders and includes a reference section on eponymous and other conditions to ensure completion of the subject area. Full treatment options are given - including when to refer to medical, oncology or surgical colleagues - together with a comprehensive section on adverse drug reactions.
Winner of the 2004 RSM/Society of Authors Book Award in the category of ‘New Authored Book’, and placed Highly Commended in the BMA Medical Book Awards 2009, this volume is ideal for senior dental students, dental practitioners and for trainees and practitioners in oral medicine, surgery, and pathology in particular.

Section 1 FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF PATIENT MANAGEMENT

1 Diagnosis: history

2 Diagnosis: examination

3 Diagnosis: investigations

4 Treatment

5 Agents used in the treatment of patients with orofacial disease

Section 2 COMMON COMPLAINTS

6 Cervical lymphadenopathy

7 Drooling and sialorrhoea

8 Dry mouth (xerostomia and hyposalivation)

9 Halitosis (oral malodour)

10 Lumps and swellings

11 Lumps and swellings in the lip

12 Lumps and swellings in the gingiva

13 Lumps and swellings in the palate

14 Lumps and swellings in the tongue

15 Lumps and swellings in the salivary glands

16 Lumps and swellings in the jaws

17 Pain

18 Pigmented brown or black lesions

19 Red lesions

20 Sensory and motor changes

21 Soreness and ulcers

22 Taste abnormalities

23 Trismus

24 White lesions

Section 3 CANCER AND POTENTIALLY MALIGNANT DISORDERS

25 Potentially malignant disorders

26 Actinic cheilitis

27 Erythroplakia(erythroplasia)

28 Leukoplakia

29 Lichen planus

30 Submucous fibrosis

31 Cancer

Section 4 COMMON AND IMPORTANT OROFACIAL CONDITIONS

32 Angioedema

33 Angular cheilitis (angular stomatitis)

34 Aphthae (recurrent aphthous stomatitis)

35 Atypical (idiopathic) facial pain

36 Behçet syndrome

37 Bell’s palsy

38 Burning mouth syndrome (oral dysaesthesia)

39 Candidosis (candidiasis)

40 Denture-related stomatitis

41 Erythema migrans

42 Erythema multiforme

43 Herpesvirus infections

44 Keratoses

45 Odontogenic cysts and tumours

46 Orofacial granulomatosis

47 Pemphigoid

48 Pemphigus

49 Salivary neoplasms

50 Sjögren syndrome

51 Temporomandibular joint pain-dysfunction syndrome

52 Trigeminal and other neuralgias

Section 5 RELEVANT AND OTHER SYSTEMIC DISORDERS

53 Human immunodeficiency virus infection

54 Iatrogenic disease

55 Oral manifestations of disorders of specific systems

Section 6 EPONYMOUS AND OTHER CONDITIONS, AND GLOSSARY

56 Eponymous conditions

57 Other conditions

58 Glossar