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Shafer's Textbook of Oral Pathology

  • 7th Edition - February 10, 2014
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Arya Rajendran, B Sivapathasundharam
  • Language: English

The periodic and timely revisions of Shafer's Textbook of Oral Pathology have brought out a treatise, well conceived and written with the aim of updating students all necessary… Read more

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The periodic and timely revisions of Shafer's Textbook of Oral Pathology have brought out a treatise, well conceived and written with the aim of updating students all necessary nuances of the specialty. The scope of the present edition is an extension of this goal aimed at understanding the disease processes at more fundamental level, the impetus being those in the maxillofacial region. The book highlights the etiopathogenesis and clinical presentation of oral diseases and focuses on a variety of diseases commonly encountered in clinical practice.

Key features

Salient Features

  • Extensively revised and updated chapters

  • Temporomandibular Joint Diseases section completely rewritten

  • Physical and Chemical Injuries of the Oral Cavity chapter updated

  • Extensive revision of Dental Caries and Forensic Odontology chapters

  • Advanced information scattered throughout the book in highlighted boxes

New to this edition

  • General account on stem cells with particular reference to odontogenic stem cells

  • Histological grading of oral squamous cell carcinoma

  • Genetic basis of oral cancer

  • Adenocarcinoma NOS

  • Reclassification of odontogenic keratocyst into neoplasm

  • Lichenoid reaction

  • Bisphosphonate therapy

  • Hematopoietic stem cell

  • Laboratory findings of SLE

  • Influence of decalcification in tissue processing and additional account on hard tissue processing

    • Table of contents

    Dedication v

    Foreword vii

    Preface to the Seventh Edition ix

    Preface to the First Edition xi

    Contributors xii

    Acknowledgements xiii

    SECTION I

    DISTURBANCES OF DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH

    1. Developmental Disturbances of Oral and Paraoral Structures ..........................................................3

    R Rajendran

    2. Benign and Malignant Tumors of the Oral Cavity ............................................................................81

    R Rajendran

    3. Tumors of the Salivary Glands ..........................................................................................................223

    R Rajendran

    4. Cysts and Tumors of Odontogenic Origin ........................................................................................259

    R Rajendran

    SECTION II

    DISEASES OF MICROBIAL ORIGIN

    5. Bacterial Infections of the Oral Cavity .............................................................................................317

    B Sivapathasundharam and N Gururaj

    6. Viral Infections of the Oral Cavity ....................................................................................................339

    B Sivapathasundharam, N Gururaj and K Ranganathan

    7. Mycotic Infections of the Oral Cavity ..............................................................................................367

    B Sivapathasundharam and N Gururaj

    8. Diseases of the Periodontium ...........................................................................................................381

    B Sivapathasundharam

    9. Dental Caries .....................................................................................................................................419

    B Sivapathasundharam and AR Raghu

    10. Diseases of the Pulp and Periapical Tissues.....................................................................................475

    B Sivapathasundharam

    11. Spread of Oral Infection ....................................................................................................................503

    B Sivapathasundharam

    SECTION III

    INJURIES AND REPAIR

    12. Physical and Chemical Injuries of the Oral Cavity ...........................................................................519

    B Sivapathasundharam

    13. Regressive Alterations of the Teeth .................................................................................................571

    R Rajendran

    14. Healing of Oral Wounds ....................................................................................................................591

    B Sivapathasundharam

    SECTION IV

    DISTURBANCES OF THE METABOLISM AND IMMUNOLOGIC DISEASES

    15. Oral Aspects of Metabolic Diseases .................................................................................................615

    B Sivapathasundharam and R Rajendran

    16. Allergic and Immunologic Diseases of the Oral Cavity ..................................................................665

    B Sivapathasundharam

    SECTION V

    DISEASES OF SPECIFIC SYSTEMS

    17. Diseases of Bone and Joints (Non-neoplastic and Non-infectious Disorders of Bone,

    Skeletal Dysplasias/Dysostoses, Constitutional Bone Disorders) ..................................................685

    R Rajendran and Mansur Ahmad

    18. Diseases of the Blood and Blood-forming Organs..........................................................................761

    R Rajendran and Nasser Nooh

    19. Diseases of the Skin ...........................................................................................................................805

    R Rajendran

    20. Diseases of the Nerves and Muscles ................................................................................................853

    R Rajendran

    SECTION VI

    FORENSIC ODONTOLOGY

    21. Forensic Odontology .........................................................................................................................879

    Ashith B Acharya and B Sivapathasundharam

    APPENDICES

    I. Introduction to Laboratory Analyses in Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology ..................................911

    Praveen R Arany

    II. Mucosal Response to Oral Prostheses: Some Pathological Considerations ..................................923

    Mahesh Verma and Priya Kumar

    III. Routine Histotechniques, Staining and Notes on Immunohistochemistry ................................................. 933

    S Anil and R Rajendran

    IV. Tables of Normal Values ....................................................................................................................953

    Index ...................................................................................................................... 959

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    • Edition: 7
    • Latest edition
    • Published: February 10, 2014
    • Language: English