This book, written by world authorities in the field, is a comprehensive, up-to-date guide to the specialty of Oral Medicine, which is concerned with the diagnosis, prevention, and predominantly non-surgical management of medically related disorders and conditions affecting the oral and maxillofacial region. The pathophysiology, clinical presentation, diagnostic evaluation, and treatment of all relevant diseases and disorders are described with the aid of a wealth of clinical cases and illustrations that enable the reader to appreciate the diversity and potential complexity of Oral Medicine. In addition to the wide-ranging coverage of oral conditions, separate sections are devoted to bone and cutaneous pathology and to orofacial pain and its management, in addition to dental sleep medicine. The clinician who treats Oral Medicine patients will find this book to be an excellent aid to optimal management grounded in a sound knowledge of basic science and the dental and medical aspects of each disorder. In addition, it will serve as an outstanding textbook for undergraduate and postgraduate students.

Review

“This book is a fresh holistic approach to clinical practice. … Through the valuable information it contains on contemporary oral medicine, it successfully constitutes a comprehensive clinical practice guide that is welcome in every practitioner’s library.” (Iulia Ciolachi, Stomatology EDU Journal, Vol. 8 (2), 2021)

Contents

Normal Variation in the Anatomy, Biology, and Histology of the Maxillofacial Region
Interface Between Oral and Systemic Disease
Clinical Evaluation of Oral Diseases
Diagnostic Imaging Principles and Applications in Head and Neck Pathology
Laboratory Medicine and Diagnostic Pathology
Clinical Immunology in Diagnoses of Maxillofacial Disease
Soft and Hard Tissue Operative Investigations in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Oral Disease
Pharmacotherapeutic Approaches in Oral Medicine
Odontogenic Pathology
Non-odontogenic Bone Pathology
Head and Neck Tumors
Cutaneous Pathology of the Head and Neck
Odontogenic Bacterial Infections
Non-odontogenic Bacterial Infections
Oral and Maxillofacial Fungal Infections
Oral and Maxillofacial Viral Infections
Oral Ulcerative Lesions
Oral Lichen Planus
Oral Vesicular and Bullous Lesions
Gingival Pathology
Pigmented Lesions of the Oral Mucosa
White and Red Lesions of the Oral Mucosa
Oral Mucosal Malignancies
Salivary Gland Disorders and Diseases
Oral Manifestations of Systemic Diseases and Their Treatments
Pediatric Oral Medicine
Halitosis
Neurophysiology of Orofacial Pain
Clinical Evaluation of Orofacial Pain
Biopsychosocial Aspects of Orofacial Pain
Classification of Orofacial Pain
Masticatory Muscle Pain and Disorders
Internal Derangements of the Temporomandibular Joint
Arthritic Conditions Affecting the Temporomandibular Joint
Headache
Neurovascular Orofacial Pain
Neuropathic Orofacial Pain
Oral Dysesthesia
Neurosensory Disturbances Including Smell and Taste
Orofacial Pain in the Medically Complex Patient
Orofacial Pain in Patients with Cancer and Mucosal Diseases
Orofacial Pain and Sleep
Sleep Medicine
Sleep Bruxism
Oral Appliance Therapy for Sleep-Disordered Breathing