Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine: The Basis of Diagnosis and Treatment, 3rd Edition

The new edition of this highly successful volume continues to offer readers with a systemized and objective approach to the practice of oral and maxillofacial medicine. Winner of the Royal Society of Medicine and Society of Authors Book Award in the category of ‘New Authored Book’ (2004), and Highly Commended in the British Medical Association Book Awards (2009), this volume is ideal for senior dental students, dental practitioners and for trainees and practitioners in oral medicine, surgery, and pathology in particular.

• Allows the reader to adopt a systematic approach to history taking
• Explains how to examine patients and their oral lesions systematically to start formulating differential diagnoses
• Identifies which sites may be affected by the presenting condition and what to look for at the sites
• Explains when clinical investigations are indicated, which are appropriate, and how to perform them
• Shows the reader how to interpret the findings of routine clinical investigations and understand the potential implications for the patient
• Explains how to recognise the scope of oral and maxillofacial diseases and the importance of their medical management in addition to the traditional dental focus of the discipline

ISBN: 978-0-7020-4948-4

Published Date: 2013

Page Count:  436 , File Size 62 Mb