Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology: A Rationale for Diagnosis & Treatmen

Written for the oral and maxillofacial surgeon and other dental and medical specialists who deal with pathologies in the oral cavity, midface, and neck, this clinically oriented book addresses the underlying mechanism of each disease and its clinical and radiographic presentation; the process of determining its differential diagnosis; specific treatment recommendations that the authors use or recommend; and the prognosis after treatment.

Contents

Chapter 1 Biopsy Principles and Techniques
Chapter 2 Inflammatory and Infectious Diseases
Chapter 3 Immune-Based Diseases
Chapter 4 Conditions of Developmental Disturbances
Chapter 5 Hyperplasias, Hamartomas, and Neoplasms: Their Biology and Its Impact on Treatment Decisions
Chapter 6 Benign Epithelial Tumors of Mucosa and Skin
Chapter 7 Premalignant and Malignant Epithelial Tumors of Mucosa and Skin
Chapter 8 Management of Irradiated Patients and Osteoradionecrosis
Chapter 9 Benign Soft Tissue Tumors of Mesenchymal Origin
Chapter 10 Malignant Soft Tissue Tumors of Mesenchymal Origin
Chapter 11 Nonneoplastic Salivary Gland Diseases
Chapter 12 Salivary Gland Neoplasms
Chapter 13 Odontogenic and Nonodontogenic Cysts
Chapter 14 Odontogenic Tumors: Hamartomas and Neoplasms
Chapter 15 Pigmented Lesions of Mucosa and Skin
Chapter 16 Fibro-Osseous Diseases and Systemic Diseases Affecting the Bone
Chapter 17 Benign Neoplasms of Bone
Chapter 18 Malignant Neoplasms of Bone
Chapter 19 Neoplasms of the Immune System: Lymphomas, Leukemias, and Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis
Chapter 20 Where Have All the Great Terms Gone?
Glossary of Terms
Who’s Who