The new edition of this award-winning book offers a systemised and objective approach to clinical diagnosis and contemporary non-surgical management of the most common disorders seen in oral medicine. It places a strong emphasis on practical issues such as history taking, examination and differential diagnosis, when clinical investigations are indicated, and how to identify and describe oral lesions.
Fully updated with six new chapters and new photographs and artworks, Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine 4e presents a straightforward, accessible but practical guide to the successful diagnosis and treatment of the most common and potentially serious disorders seen in oral medicine clinical practice. Maintaining a strong patient-centred approach throughout, the book also explores relevant systemic disorders and includes an updated but shortened recommended reading list. This clearly written book places a strong emphasis on practical issues and is beautifully illustrated with liberal use of tables, algorithms and clinical photographs.
Senior dental students, dental practitioners and trainees and practitioners in oral medicine, surgery and pathology in particular, will find this book to be both an excellent source of reference and a thoroughly practical guide for clinical diagnosis and contemporary non-surgical management of conditions affecting the oral and maxillofacial region.
The expert authors have completely revised and updated the content, making this an excellent reference source as well as a thoroughly practical guide.
- Clearly written and easy to follow
- Beautiful illustrations with a wealth of anatomical artwork and clinical photographs to support learning
- Treatment algorithms, tables, 'pull out' boxes and sample 'patient information sheets' provide practical guidance
- User-friendly format allows ease of access to information
- Shows the reader how to interpret the findings of routine clinical investigations and understand the potential implications for the patient
- Identifies relevant follow-up questions that may further clarify the findings of the clinical examination and refocus the history
- Shows the reader how to identify lesions and understand their potential implications for the patient
- Explains how to advise the patient about the nature of oral lesions and their predisposing factors
- Identifies a range of therapeutic options and new emerging therapies
- Completely restructured with grouping of disorders into 7 sections
- Completely revised and updated with additional text and illustrations and revised recommended reading sections.
- Six brand new chapters
- Expanded sections on clinical features and management, including emerging therapies, as well as additional information on drug interactions and contraindications
- Enhanced eBook version is included with purchase of the print edition
Challacombe, Stephen J.: - "Stephen J. Challacombe, Professor Oral Medicine at King's College London, is a consultant in diagnostic microbiology and immunology at Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals and Dean for External Affairs at King's College London Health Schools. He is a fellow of King's College London, the United Kingdom's Academy of Medical Sciences, the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and the Royal College of Surgeons of England. Professor Challacombe has made significant contributions to the clinical speciality of oral medicine and to his research specialty of mucosal immunology. He is widely recognised as a translational scientist in oral medicine and has published more than 250 peer-reviewed papers, 160 other publications and seven books. Professor Challacombe has established multiple interdisciplinary clinics that changed the management of oral disease and that have become nationally recognised centres of excellence. In many years at Guy's and King's College London, he has taught oral medicine to more than 5,000 dental students - a significant proportion of practicing dentists in the United Kingdom. He has been President of the International Association for Dental Research, British Society for Oral and Dental Research, European Association of Oral Medicine, British Society for Oral and Dental Research, European Association of Oral Medicine, British Society for Oral Medicine, Hunterian Society, and Odonatological Section of the Royal Society of Medicine. He has been Chair of the Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals Consultants Committee, International Steering Committee on Oral Manifestations of HIV Infection, and World Workshops on Oral Health & Disease in HIV/AIDS."
Setterfield, Jane: - Dr Jane Setterfield qualified in Dentistry from The Royal London Hospital and in Medicine from University College Hospitals, London. She has specialist training in Dermatology from St John's Institute of Dermatology and is a specialist in Oral Medicine. She has undertaken clinical research at the University of Connecticut, USA and at Guy's and St. Thomas' Hospitals. Her current posts are as a Senior Lecturer / Honorary Consultant in Dermatology in relation to Oral Disease, Departments of Oral Medicine & Pathology, Guy's Hospital Dental School & St John's Institute of Dermatology, London and Consultant Dermatologist at St Mary's Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare Trust.
Dr Setterfield's clinical and research interests are in the area of mucocutaneous diseases with a particular emphasis on the immunobullous disorders and lichen planus.
