
Pocketbook of Oral Disease
- 1st Edition - September 24, 2012
- Latest edition
- Authors: Crispian Scully, José Vicente Bagán Sebastián, Marco Carrozzo, Catherine M Flaitz, Sergio Gandolfo
- Language: English
Prepared by authors of international renown, The Pocketbook of Oral Disease offers a wealth of information in a handy quick-reference format. Containing over 500 tables and illus… Read more
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Prepared by authors of international renown, The Pocketbook of Oral Disease offers a wealth of information in a handy quick-reference format. Containing over 500 tables and illustrations, this useful guide covers the most common and potentially serious oral conditions seen in clinical practice.
Emphasising diagnosis and treatment in primary care, many topics are covered in a two-page spread to make reference and study uncommonly easy and effective. Abundant full-colour line diagrams, clinical photographs, and radiological images demonstrate essential features at a glance whilst complex terms are clarified in a glossary.
The Pocketbook of Oral Disease will be ideal for dental students who are about to graduate, general dental practitioners and dental care professionals.
- Written by high profile experts in the field
- Concise, double page spread permits rapid review of essential information
- Includes a wide range of colour clinical photographs, radiological images, and artwork schematics
- Contains useful ‘pull out’ boxes to act as useful aide-memoirs
- Algorithms help readers think through the challenge of diagnosis and organise information correctly
- Glossary and alphabetically ordered syndromes further allow rapid access to key information
Senior dental undergraduates, general dental practitioners and dental care professionals
1 Introduction, anatomical features and developmental anomalies
2 Differential diagnosis by signs and symptoms
Bleeding
Burning mouth
Desquamative gingivitis
Dry mouth (xerostomia)
Halitosis (oral malodour)
Mucosal blisters
Mucosal brown and black lesions
Mucosal erosions
Mucosal fissures or cracks
Mucosal purpura
Mucosal red lesions
Mucosal ulceration or soreness
Mucosal white lesions
Palsy (orofacial)
Pain (orofacial)
Sensory changes (orofacial)
Sialorrhoea and drooling
Swellings in the lips or face
Swellings in the mouth
Swellings in the neck
Swellings of the jaws
Swelling of the salivary glands
Taste disturbance
Tongue: furred
Tongue: smooth (glossitis)
Tongue swelling
Tooth abrasion
Tooth attrition
Tooth discolouration
Tooth erosion
Tooth hypoplasia
Tooth mobility or premature loss
Tooth number anomalies
Tooth shape anomalies
Trismus
3 Differential diagnosis by site
Cervical node disorders
Salivary gland disorders
Lip lesions
Intraoral lesions
Tongue lesions
Palatal lesions
Gingival lesions
Jaw and musculoskeletal conditions
Neurological and pain disorders
Teeth specific disorders
4 Iatrogenic conditions
5 Immune defects and malignancies
6 Diagnosis
7 Investigations
8 Management protocols for patients with oral diseases in primary care settings
9 Referral for specialist opinion
10 Further information
Eponymous syndromes
Glossary
Further reading
Index
"This title provides a concise easy reference guide to oral disease. Produced by leading specialists, this pocketbook covers common and more serious oral diseases with an emphasis on diagnosis and treatment within the primary care setting...In covering an enormous topic such as oral disease in a brief and concise manner. this pocketbook will be a welcome addition to any professional's library. I would recommend it as a must have for undergraduate dental students, as well as a quick reference guide for those in post-graduate training, general dental practitioners and dental care professional."
British Dental Journal, March 2013
"The latest text from Elsevier presents for the reader an easy accessible, portable, quick-reference source of material to help assess the variety of oral diseases faced by the busy dental practitioner...It has over 500 illustrations and tables, and offers to help the modern-day dental surgeon with the common oral conditions...The format is comprehensive and will serve as a useful guide for the intended audience of dental students and the growing population of dental care professionals faced with increasing clinical responsibilty."
Faculty Dental Journal, April 2013
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: September 24, 2012
- Language: English
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Crispian Scully
Crispian Scully is Past-President of the International Academy of Oral Oncology, European Association of Oral Medicine, British Society for Oral Medicine and British Society of Disability and Oral Health, he has served as Dean in Bristol and UCL; on the General Dental Council; on the Councils of the Royals colleges in Glasgow and Edinburgh; and on committees of NICE and CRUK, He has written and edited over 45 books, written over 150 book chapters and has over 1000 papers cited on MEDLINE. He has received the CBE, University of Helsinki Medal of Honour, University of Santiago de Compostela Medal, University of Granada Medal, Fellowship of UCL, and honorary degrees from the Universities of Athens, Granada, Helsinki and Pretoria. He has received the UK Dental Award for the Most Outstanding Achievements in Dentistry, the Awards of the Spanish Society for Oral Medicine and the Hellenic Society for Oral Medicine, and the International Award of the Spanish Society for Oral Surgery.
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José Vicente Bagán Sebastián
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Marco Carrozzo
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Catherine M Flaitz
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Sergio Gandolfo
Professor Gandolfo is past-President and founding fellow of the Italian Society of Oral Pathology and Medicine (SIPMO), and a member of the International Academy of Oral Oncology (IAOO), the International Association of Oral Pathologist (IAOP) and the European Academy of Oral Medicine (EAOM). He currently serves on the Scientific Committee of the Association for Prevention and Care of Cancer in Piedmont.