This is the seventh edition of a highly successful book on oral pathology and oral medicine for dental studentsand postgraduates taking further dental exams such as the FDS. Radical changes were introduced when the sixth edition was published in 1998, the most important of which were the restriction of the content to oral pathology and oral medicine from its former broader coverage, and the introduction of colour illustrations. A major change to the seventh edition will be that colour illustrations will be spread throughout the book.

Features

New edition of the dominant textbook on oral pathology and oral medicine - known to all lecturers as the book they used themselves in its earlier versions.
Comprehensive coverage of both oral pathology and oral medicine in one book - the student would have to buy two competing books to cover the same ground.
Flow charts guide the student through the process of diagnosis
Lucid and witty writing style.

what's New

Now has colour throughout, with greatly increased number of colour photographs plus second colour in text and tables, (previous edition had colour pictures in about 2/3 of book).
More explanatory labeling of photomicrographs.

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. Handicapping disorders. Pain, anxiety and neurological disorders. Complications of systemic drug treatment. Emergencies in dental practice.