Overview
Get ready to identify and manage any condition you might face in your practice! This highly regarded reference offers instant access to a vast array of vibrant clinical images and patient radiographs, showcasing the unique characteristics of lesions in the oral and maxillofacial areas. This edition features thoroughly revised and updated content, providing you with the most recent insights regarding the etiology, clinical signs, histopathology, treatments, and prognoses for each disease, alongside contemporary topics, including bisphosphonate osteonecrosis, oral complications stemming from methamphetamine abuse, solitary fibrous tumors, gene mutations, and plasminogen deficiency.
Key features
- More than 1,300 vivid clinical photographs and radiographs facilitate the identification and classification of lesions.
- Current understanding of pathogenesis and disease management enhances your grasp of conditions affecting oral and maxillofacial structures, enabling precise diagnoses and appropriate treatments.
- Each chapter is systematically organized by body system or disease group, simplifying the identification of specific conditions.
- A comprehensive appendix on differential diagnosis across oral and maxillofacial diseases assists in ruling out incorrect diagnoses.
- The bibliography, categorized by topic at the end of each chapter, allows for additional literature exploration.
- Contributions from accomplished authors with extensive clinical and educational experience provide a well-rounded overview of the entire subject.
- Chapter outlines at the start of each chapter offer quick access to specific topics.
What’s new in this edition
- Over 200 new illustrations have been incorporated into this popular visual reference.
- A newly added section on bisphosphonate-associated osteonecrosis thoroughly examines and illustrates this newly recognized complication from medications that prevent bone loss in patients with multiple myeloma, metastatic tumors, and osteoporosis.
- A dedicated section addressing oral complications from methamphetamine abuse details notable oral manifestations including “meth mouth caries” and factitial injuries.
- Expanded discussions regarding oral piercings, intraoral tattoos, and other body modifications cover rare cases like tongue splitting and charm needles.
- A new segment on transient lingual papillitis elucidates this frequent cause of temporary tongue irritation.
- A new section on solitary fibrous tumors introduces you to this commonly used term for certain benign fibrous neoplasms.
- A newly included section on hypoplasminogenemia (ligneous conjunctivitis), or plasminogen deficiency, features images from a patient case showcasing the distinctive gingival lesions linked to this rare yet intriguing systemic condition.
- A fresh section on hereditary mucoepithelial dysplasia describes the primary oral signs that can enable accurate diagnosis, potentially preventing instances where cytologically abnormal cells are mistaken for carcinoma in cervical PAP smears.
- A new discussion on chronic ulcerative stomatitis highlights its clinical and microscopic attributes, an immune-mediated oral mucosal condition often confused with lichen planus.
- The chapter on forensic dentistry has been completely revamped and updated by distinguished forensic odontology author, Dr. Edward Herschaft, incorporating the latest information on this captivating topic.
- Several chapters now include the most recent insights regarding specific gene mutations related to hereditary oral disorders.
Author information
This edition is authored by Brad W. Neville, DDS, a Distinguished University Professor and Director of the Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology at the Department of Stomatology, College of Dental Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC; Douglas D. Damm, DDS, from the University of Kentucky College of Dentistry, Lexington, KY; Carl M. Allen, DDS, MSD, Associate Professor of Pathology and Director of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology at The Ohio State University College of Dentistry; and Angela C. Chi, DMD, from the College of Dental Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina.
This title is set to be published on August 12, 2034.