Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine: The Basis of Diagnosis and Treatment / Edition 3

he new edition of this highly successful volume continues to offer readers with a systemized and objective approach to the practice of oral and maxillofacial medicine. Winner of the Royal Society of Medicine and Society of Authors Book Award in the category of ‘New Authored Book’ (2004), and Highly Commended in the British Medical Association Book Awards (2009), this volume is ideal for senior dental students, dental practitioners and for trainees and practitioners in oral medicine, surery, and pathology in particular.

• Allows the reader to adopt a systematic approach to history taking
• Explains how to examine patients and their oral lesions systematically to start formulating differential diagnoses
• Identifies which sites may be affected by the presenting condition and what to look for at the sites
• Explains when clinical investigations are indicated, which are appropriate, and how to perform them
• Shows the reader how to interpret the findings of routine clinical investigations and understand the potential implications for the patient
• Identifies relevant follow-up questions that may further clarify the findings of the clinical examination and refocus the history
• Explains how to recognise the scope of oral and maxillofacial diseases and the importance of their medical management in addition to the traditional dental focus of the discipline
• Shows the reader how to identify lesions and understand their potential implications for the patient
• Explains how to advise the patient about the aetiology of oral lesions and their predisposing factors
• Identifies a range of therapeutic options for the patient and emphasises the need for regular review and re-appraisal of the condition
• Provides an understanding of how treatment may impact, positively or negatively, upon the condition
• Identifies the need to refer for advice, investigations or treatment by dental, medical or surgical specialists
• Shows the reader how to recognise the importance of close liaison with colleagues in other disciplines, particular imaging, medicine, pathology and surgery

• Text now thoroughly clarified and updated, including revised Further Reading and websites
• Improved section on potential malignancies and cancer
• Provides additional information on the genetic influences of many conditions
• Contains an expanded section on therapeutics, including emergent therapies, as well as additional information on drug interactions and contraindications
"...a scientific and evidence-based approach to the treatment of oral disease, written by a recognized authority in the field...a practical and user-friendly guide, includes color illustrations."

Table of Contents

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 Glossary