Oral Anatomy, Histology and Embryology
- 6th Edition - August 1, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Authors: Barry K.B Berkovitz, G.R. Holland, Bernard J. Moxham
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 3 5 2 1 - 0
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 3 5 4 6 - 3
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Oral Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Sixth Edition is unique in offering easy-to-understand explanations of all three of these complex topics in the one book.
This popular textbook is designed to help students develop a deep understanding of these subjects to support their study and future clinical careers. Learning is made easy with clear diagrams, photographs and explanations.
Now in its sixth edition, the book has been fully updated to incorporate latest developments in the field. It provides full coverage of topics including tooth morphology, functional anatomy, oro-dental histology, craniofacial and oral development and clinical considerations.
Oral Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Sixth Edition is unique in offering easy-to-understand explanations of all three of these complex topics in the one book.
This popular textbook is designed to help students develop a deep understanding of these subjects to support their study and future clinical careers. Learning is made easy with clear diagrams, photographs and explanations.
Now in its sixth edition, the book has been fully updated to incorporate latest developments in the field. It provides full coverage of topics including tooth morphology, functional anatomy, oro-dental histology, craniofacial and oral development and clinical considerations.
- Over 1,000 images including schematic artworks, radiological images, electron-micrographs, cadaveric and clinical photographs and memory maps – all specially selected to make learning and recall as easy as possible
- Numerous clinical case histories help relate the basic science to clinical practice
- Includes comprehensive coverage of the soft tissues of the oral region and skeletal structures of the head, including vasculature and innervation
- Includes information on mastication, swallowing, speech, radiology and archaeological applications of tooth structure
- Addresses physical, chemical and structural properties of the tooth (enamel, dentine, pulp and cementum) and of the periodontium and oral mucosa
- Explores bone structure and remodelling – including potential bone atrophy following tooth extraction, its relevance to orthodontic treatment and implantology, trauma and malignancy
- Images and text have been considered in terms of human diversity
- Online self-assessment quizzes supports learning and exam preparation
- Online bibliography for each topic provides options for further reading
- An enhanced eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all the text, figures and references, with the ability to search, customise your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud
Undergraduate dentistry students
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1. The appearance of the oral cavity
- Lips
- Oral vestibule
- Gingiva
- Cheeks
- Palate
- Floor of the mouth
- Tongue
- Clinical considerations
- Self-Assessment Quiz
- 2. Dento-osseous structures
- Jaws
- Maxilla
- Maxillary alveolus
- Mandible
- Tooth morphology
- Dental notation
- Differences between teeth of the deciduous and permanent dentitions
- Incisors
- Canines
- Premolars
- Molars
- Some aspects of dental anthropology
- Pulp morphology
- Incisors
- Canines
- Premolars
- Molars
- Shape of the pulp chamber in deciduous teeth
- Alignment and occlusion of the permanent teeth
- Anatomical alignment of teeth
- Anatomical occlusion of teeth
- Mandibular posture
- Radiographic appearance of jaws and teeth
- Extraoral radiographic projections of jaws and teeth
- Intraoral radiographic projections of jaws and teeth
- Clinical considerations
- Self-Assessment Quiz
- 3. Regional topography of the mouth and related areas
- Temporomandibular joint (TMJ)
- Muscles of mastication
- Muscles of the soft palate
- Muscles of the tongue
- Muscles in the floor of the mouth
- Superficial muscles of the face
- Salivary glands
- Infratemporal fossa
- Pterygopalatine fossa
- Tissue spaces around the jaws
- Other tissue spaces around the mouth
- Clinical aspects
- Clinical aspects of the muscles of mastication
- Self-Assessment Quiz
- 4. Vasculature and innervation of the mouth
- Blood supply to orodental tissues
- Venous drainage of orodental tissues
- Lymphatic drainage of orodental tissues
- Innervation of orodental tissues
- Secretomotor innervation of the salivary glands
- Trigeminal nerve (maxillary and mandibular divisions)
- Clinical considerations of the innervation and vasculature of the mouth
- Self-Assessment Quiz
- 5. Sectional anatomy of the oral cavity and related areas
- 6. Functional anatomy
- Mastication
- Chewing cycle
- Swallowing
- Speech
- The role of the tongue in the perception of taste and in thermoreception
- Self-Assessment Quiz
- 7. Enamel
- General introduction to the dental tissues
- Introduction to enamel
- Enamel prisms
- Incremental lines
- Surface enamel
- Enamel–dentine junction
- Microporosity of enamel
- Age changes in enamel
- Cementum–enamel junction
- Clinical considerations
- Self-Assessment Quiz
- Further reading
- 8. Investing organic layers on enamel surfaces
- Introduction
- Investing layers associated with the crowns of unerupted teeth
- Investing layers associated with the crowns of erupted teeth
- Clinical considerations
- Self-Assessment Quiz
- Further reading
- 9. Dentine
- Introduction
- Physical properties
- Chemical properties
- Dentinal tubules
- Regional variations in dentine structure and composition
- Structural lines in dentine
- Age-related and posteruptive changes
- Age changes in dentine
- Clinical considerations
- Self-Assessment Quiz
- Further reading
- 10. Dental pulp
- Introduction
- Composition
- Blood vessels of the dental pulp
- Nerves of the dental pulp
- Regions
- Role of the dental pulp
- Age-related changes in the dental pulp
- Clinical considerations
- Gerodontology
- Self-Assessment Quiz
- Further reading
- 11. Cementum
- Introduction
- Physical properties
- Chemical properties
- Classification of cementum
- Classification based on the nature and origin of the organic matrix
- Attachment of the periodontal ligament fibres to cementum
- Cementum–dentine junction
- Ultrastructural appearance of cementum
- Resorption and repair of cementum
- Clinical considerations
- Further reading
- 12. Periodontal ligament
- Introduction
- Fibres
- Ground substance
- Cells
- Cell kinetics
- Blood vessels and nerves
- Age changes in the periodontal ligament
- The periodontal ligament as a specialised connective tissue
- Tooth support mechanism
- Clinical considerations
- Self-Assessment Quiz
- Further reading
- 13. Alveolar bone
- Introduction
- Classification of bone
- Gross morphology of bone
- Chemical properties of bone
- Organic matrix
- Histology of bone
- Cell types in bone
- Cell kinetics
- Resorption and formation of bone during remodelling
- Microdamage in bone
- Scanning electron microscope appearances of the alveolar bone surface
- Sharpey’s fibres
- Structural lines in bone
- Age changes in alveolar bone
- Clinical considerations
- Self-Assessment Quiz
- Further reading
- 14. Oral mucosa
- Epithelium
- Cytokeratins (CKs)
- Factors controlling the oral epithelial phenotype
- Nonkeratinocytes
- Lamina propria
- Epithelial–connective tissue interface
- Regional variations in the structure of the oral mucosa
- Age changes in oral mucosa
- Clinical considerations
- Self-Assessment Quiz
- Further reading
- 15. Temporomandibular joint
- Articular surfaces of the temporomandibular joint
- Intra-articular disc
- Synovial membrane
- Synovial fluid
- Condyle of the child
- Spheno-occipital synchondrosis
- Clinical considerations
- Self-Assessment Quiz
- Further reading
- 16. Salivary glands
- Introduction
- Composition of saliva as secreted from salivary glands
- Mechanisms of salivary secretion
- Parotid gland
- Duct system
- Submandibular gland
- Minor salivary glands
- Sialomicroliths
- Oncocytes
- Age changes
- Clinical considerations
- Self-Assessment Quiz
- Further reading
- 17. Development of the face
- Facial development
- Clinical considerations
- Self-Assessment Quiz
- Further reading
- 18. Development of the palate
- General development of palate
- Palatal shelf elevation
- Fusion of the palatal shelves
- Clinical considerations
- Self-Assessment Quiz
- Further reading
- 19. Development of the jaws
- Introduction
- The mandible
- The maxilla
- Clinical considerations
- Further reading
- 20. Development of the tongue and salivary glands
- Development of the tongue
- Development of the salivary glands
- Epithelial–mesenchymal interactions
- Clinical considerations
- Self-Assessment Quiz
- Further reading
- 21. Early tooth development
- Bud stage
- Cap stage
- Early bell stage
- Late bell stage
- Transitory structures
- Nerve fibres
- Blood supply
- Epithelial–mesenchymal interactions during tooth development
- Clinical considerations
- Self-Assessment Quiz
- Further reading
- 22. Amelogenesis
- Life cycle of the ameloblast
- Mineralisation
- Summary of development of the prismatic structure
- Incremental line formation
- Molecular elements of ameloblast differentiation
- Gene transcription
- Membrane receptors
- Intracellular receptors
- Clinical considerations
- Self-Assessment Quiz
- Further reading
- 23. Dentinogenesis
- Differentiation of the odontoblasts
- Deposition of dentine matrix
- Mineralisation of dentine
- Formation of root dentine
- Clinical considerations
- Self-Assessment Quiz
- Further reading
- 24. Development of the dental pulp
- Early development of the dental pulp
- The dental pulp at dentinogenesis
- Stem cells
- Neurovascular development
- Self-Assessment Quiz
- 25. Development of the root and periodontal ligament
- Introduction
- Root extension rates
- Epithelial root sheath and tissue morphogenesis
- Formation of collagen fibres within the periodontal ligament
- Development of the cells of the periodontal ligament
- Development of the neurovascular elements
- Cementogenesis
- Alveolar bone development
- Comparison of alveolar bone and cementum
- Experimental studies relating to root development
- Clinical considerations
- Self-Assessment Quiz
- Further reading
- 26. Development of the dentitions
- Introduction
- Tooth eruption
- Mechanisms of tooth eruption
- Development of the dentition and occlusion
- Mesial drift
- Clinical considerations
- Self-Assessment Quiz
- Further reading
- 27. Archaeological applications of tooth structure
- Ageing of the human dentition
- Amino acid racemisation and the ageing of mineralised tissue
- Clinical considerations of age changes
- Self-Assessment Quiz
- Further reading
- 28. Regenerative dentistry
- Tissue engineering
- Organ engineering
- Stem cells
- Enamel repair
- Biological repair of the dentine–pulp complex
- Biological repair of the periodontium
- Biological repair and tissue engineering of the temporomandibular joint
- Salivary gland biological repair and regeneration
- Organ engineering
- Self-Assessment Quiz
- Further Reading
- Glossary of abbreviations
- Further reading
- Anatomy
- Occlusion, radiography and functional anatomy
- Index
- Self Assessment Quiz
- Chapter 1: Anatomy of the oral cavity and jaws
- Chapter 2: Human dentition: tooth morphology and occlusion
- Chapter 3: Orofacial musculature, mastication and swallowing
- Chapter 4: Tongue, flavour, thermoreception and speech
- Chapter 5: Vasculature, lymphatics and innervation of the orodental tissues
- Chapter 6: Enamel: structure, composition and development
- Chapter 7: Investing organic layers on enamel surfaces
- Chapter 8: Dentine-pulp complex: structure, composition, development and oral pain
- Chapter 9: Cementum: structure and composition
- Chapter 10: Periodontal ligament (including oral and periodontal mechanoreception and the tooth support mechanism)
- Chapter 11: Alveolar bone: structure and composition
- Chapter 12 – Oral mucosa and gingival crevicular fluid: structure and composition
- Chapter 13: Temporomandibular joint
- Chapter 14: Salivary glands, saliva and salivation
- Chapter 15: Development of the craniofacial complex
- Chapter 16 – Early tooth development, root development (including cementogenesis) and tooth eruption
- Chapter 17: Archaeological applications of tooth structure
- Chapter 18: Regenerative dentistry
- Edition: 6
- Published: August 1, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- No. of pages: 480
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323935210
- eBook ISBN: 9780323935463
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Barry K.B Berkovitz
Affiliations and expertise
Emeritus Reader, Anatomy and Human Sciences, Biomedical and Health Sciences, King’s College, London, UKGH
G.R. Holland
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Department of Cariology, Restorative Sciences and Endodontics, School of Dentistry and Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USABM
Bernard J. Moxham
B.J. Moxham BSc, BDS, PhD Professor of Anatomy, Cardiff School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
Affiliations and expertise
Emeritus Professor of Anatomy, Cardiff School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK