Oral Soft Tissue Diseases (Lexicomp Dental Reference Library)

Overview Oral Soft Tissue Diseases, 6th Edition, is a visually cued manual designed to support the diagnosis and management of oral soft tissue diseases for busy dental practitioners. Benefits Lesions are organized by diagnostic category and arranged in convenient tabbed sections, providing a user-friendly format. Lesions are also depicted with one or more color photographs that illustrate typical clinical features. Recommendations for patient management, sample prescriptions and monographs for drugs commonly used in treatment are included. Updates to this Edition " Over 100 Lesions - including 23 new images o Cellulitis o Actinomycosis o Cat Scratch Disease o Infectious Mononucleosis o Epidemic Mumps o Sj gren's Syndrome o Parotid Salivary Gland Neoplasms o Lymph Node Metastases o Lymphoma o Odontogenic Cysts and Neoplasms o Bone Cancer (Primary and Metastatic) " More than 280 Color Photographs " Sample Prescription Section " New Section on Swellings of the Face and Neck " Updated Special Topics Section and Indexes o Management of Patients Undergoing Cancer Therapy o Dentin Hypersensitivity, Acid Erosion, High Caries Index o Management of Alveolar Osteitis and Xerostomia o Osteonecrosis of the Jaw o Antibiotic Prophylaxis o HIV Infection and AIDS o Ulcerative, Erosive, and Painful Oral Mucosal Disorders o Normal Blood Values o Suggested Readings o Anatomic Site Index Contents Each of the 10 sections is tabbed for quick access: " White Lesions " Red Lesions " Ulcerated Lesions " Blistering/Sloughing Lesions " Pigmented Lesions " Papillary Lesions " Soft Tissue Enlargement " Swellings of the Face and Neck " Drug Monographs " Special Topics