Cawson's Essentials of Oral Pathology and Oral Medicine 8th Edition is a new edition of a classic textbook of oral pathology and oral medicine for dental students and candidates for postgraduate dentistry exams. Illustrated in colour throughout, the book offers a comprehensive introduction to the pathology of oral disease, its clinical manifestations and the principles of management. A final section deals with the medically compromised patient.
Key Features
- Comprehensive coverage of both oral pathology and oral medicine in a single paperback volume
- Ideal for both undergraduate and post-graduate dentistry exams
- Lucid writing style provides easy access to essential information
- Illustrated in high quality throughout, with over 80 new full colour images
- Ample use of flow charts guide the student thorough the process of differential diagnosis for a range of conditions
- Classic text explaining the dental relevance of a range of systemic diseases
New to This Edition
- Updated chapters on cancer and premalignancy, including new information on disease management.
- New section on healing of the normal tooth socket, and pathology of osseointegration and sinusitis.
- Includes discussion of controversial issues such as prophylaxis for infective endocarditis.
- Addition of new WHO disease classifications - such as premalignancy.
- New section on the relationship between the pathology of caries and its treatment.
- Usability of diagnostic flow charts improved by addition of icons to the relevant sections of text referring the reader to the flow chart.
- Many sections improved and updated, including cleft lip and palate, maxillary sinusitis and lichenoid reactions to amalgam restorations.
- New section on implants, implant related lesions and osseointegration.
Contents
- 1. Principles of investigation and diagnosis
SECTION ONE: HARD TISSUE PATHOLOGY
- 2. Disorders of development of teeth and related tissues
- 3. Dental caries
- 4. Pulpitis, apical periodontitis, resorption, hypercementosis
- 5. Gingivitis and periodonitis
- 6. Major infections of the mouth, jaws and perioral tissues
- 7. Cysts of the jaws
- 8. Odontogenic tumours and tumour-like lesions of the jaws
- 9. Non-odontogenic tumours of the jaws
- 10. Genetic, metabolic and other non-neoplastic bone diseases
- 11. Disorders of the temporomandibular joints and periarticular tissues
- Self-assessment questions and learning guides
SECTION TWO: SOFT TISSUE DISEASE
- 12. Diseases of the oral mucosa: introduction and mucosal infections
- 13. Diseases of the oral mucosa: non-infective stomatitis
- 14. Tongue disorders
- 15. Benign chronic white mucosal lesions
- 16. Oral premalignancy
- 17. Oral cancer
- 18. Neoplastic and non-neoplastic diseases of salivary glands
- 19. Common benign mucosal swellings
- 20. Soft-tissue (mesenchymal) neoplasms
- 21. Melanoma and other pigmented lesions
- Self-assessment quesions and learning guides
SECTION THREE: THE MEDICALLY COMPROMISED PATIENT
- 22. Anaemias, leukaemias and lymphomas
- 23. Haemorrhagic diseases
- 24. Immunodeficiencies and HIV disease
- 25. Allergy and autoimmune disease
- 26. Cervical lymphadenopathy
- 27. Cardiovascular disease
- 28. Respiratory tract disease
- 29. Gastrointestinal and liver disease
- 30. Nutritional deficiencies
- 31. Endocrine disorders and pregnancy
- 32. Renal disease
- 33. Intellectual and physical disability and psychiatric disorders
- 34. Pain, anxiety, neurological and psychogenic disorders
- 35. Complications of systemic drug treatment
- 36. Emergencies in dental practice
- Self-assessment questions and learning guides
About the Authors
- Roderick A. Cawson, MD, FDSRCS, FDSRCPS(Glas), FRCPath, FAAOMP, Emeritus Professor of Oral Medicine and Pathology, Guy's King's and St Thomas' Dental Institute, King's College London, UK; Visiting Professor in Oral Pathology, Baylor College of Dentistry, Texas A&M University System, Dallas, TX, USA.
- Edward Odell, FDSRCS, MSc, PhD, FRCPath, Professor of Oral Pathology and Medicine, King's College London, UK; Honorary Consultant in Oral Pathology, Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
Product Details
- Paperback: 472 pages
- Publisher: Churchill Livingstone; 8 edition (February 26, 2008)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0443101256
- ISBN-13: 978-0443101250
- Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.5 x 0.9 inches
List Price: $102.00