Mini Atlas Of Oral Medicine

This mini atlas should really be described as a maxi atlas, with a total of 580 pages. It has been written to assist dental students, dentists and radiologists to make informed clinical decisions about the optimal management of patients. The author gives a full description of the symptoms and signs of oral diseases and conditions, and uses his collection of photographs of case studies to support and illustrate the description. Over 500 colour photos are included across the 23 chapters, and they can also be seen on screen by downloading the same images from the free CD Rom. In brief, this is an outstanding, inexpensive resource on oral medicine to the valued by dental students and practitioners.

To understand Oral Histopathology the dental student needs to have a thorough knowledge of the basic histology of oral structures. This book gives a step-by-step approach to help the reader gain that knowledge. The first section is dedicated to the basic histology of oral tissues and the second section gives the histology of the pathological various affecting the same tissues. Special hand drawn diagrams juxtapose to the histopathology images are there to explain the cells, hierarchy of tissues and abnormal features.

This is a revision of Cawson's Oral Pathology and Diagnosis, published in 1987. Each chapter has been updated by revising the text in order to include new information (eg AIDS-related oral manifestations, developments in diagnostic techniques and therapeutics) and clarify existing text where appropriate, and by the inclusion of new colour slides (clinical photographs, gross pathology, histology) and radiographs. In addition, the organization of the book has been modified to reflect current thinking (eg multiple myeloma and solitary plasma cytoma are now covered in the chapter on nonodontogenic tumours, rather than in that on diseases of the haemopoeitic tissues and lympho-reticular system).

This Atlas of Oral PathologV is intended primarily as a ances where appropriate and reproduce relevant radio graphs. Every pathologist who deals with bone specimens bench companion for the general diagnostic pathologist. especially the trainee. It has not been designed to cover will know the value of radiographs, and some indeed are the subject fully and in detail, nor does it enter into the reluctantto make a diagnosis in their absence. In addition, radiographs may give a good idea of the extent aFld other more theoretical aspects. Since the book is essentially an atlas the text has been features of a lesion that may be represented in the first kept to a minimum, but in it we have tried to adopt'a instance only by a small biopsy specimen. practical approach, with special regard to differential diag While many of the illustrations have been made from nosis. We have made some remarks about the clinical sections freshly cut and stained for the purpose, others features of the various conditions dealt with, since this have been prepared from stained sections already in our may help the pathologist to appreciate what is in the refer files and since, in addition, the material comes principally ring clinician's mind in an area with which the pathologist from two departments, as well as from outside sources, may not be particularly familiar.

Laskaris' Color Atlas of Oral Diseases, a highly successful diagnostic atlas now in its third edition, aids physicians in solving diagnostic problems and preparing their own outline of treatment. The entire spectrum of both local diseases and oral manifestations of systemic diseases is presented. Each disease is illustrated by outstanding representative clinical color photographs juxtaposed with a concise text delineating the clinical signs and symptoms. For the third edition, the text has been thoroughly revised to keep pace with new concepts in oral medicine. The structure of the text has been clarified and made more practically useful, with references to etiology, clinical images, differential diagnosis, labaratory diagnostic tests, and therapy guidelines. Also new in the third edition: four new chapters, and more than 240 new, exquisite illustrations of lesions and pathologic conditions affecting the oral cavity.

Medical Univ., of South Carolina, Charleston. Diagnostic atlas for dental students and practitioners. Includes color and halftone images and photographs. Previous edition: c1991. Includes a new chapter on allergies and immunologic diseases and the section on AIDS has been expanded. DNLM: Mouth Diseases atlases.

This atlas is designed to assist all who are involved in diagnosing and treating oral diseases. Individual chapters focus on lesions and disorders of the oral mucosa, soft tissues (including the minor salivary glands), lips, tongue, gingiva, palate, and jaw bones (odontogenic and non-odontogenic lesions). In addition to the more common diseases, less frequent disorders are also covered, some of which have been recognized only in recent years. Throughout, the approach is practice oriented, with concise text and an abundance of high-quality clinical, radiographic, and, where appropriate, histopathologic images. The combined training of the author in oral surgery and oral pathology means that he has exceptional expertise in both the diagnosis and the treatment of oral diseases. His detailed knowledge and experience are fully reflected in the Atlas of Oral Diseases, which will be very helpful for dental and medical professionals in their daily practice.