Full Description
This textbook details the latest diagnostic and management options available when treating patients with diseases affecting the oral mucosa. It comprehensively covers the content required to successfully pass dermatology and stomatology board examinations, while being a valuable resource for dentistry trainees. Chapters cover aspects of mucosal immunity and clinical scores along with a range of diseases. Didactic features including learning objectives enable the reader to better extrapolate the key concepts covered in each chapter.
Diseases of the Oral Mucosa: Study Guide and Review presents an in depth overview of the latest diagnostic tools and management options available for diseases of the oral mucosa and is an ideal resource for trainee and practising dentists, dermatologists and stomatologists preparing to sit board examinations.
Contents
1 Introduction.- 2 Anatomy.- 3 Medical History and Clinical Examination.- 4 Normal Variations.- 5 Clinical scores.- 6 Histopathology of Oral Hyperplastic and Neoplastic Lesions.- 7 Genodermatoses with Oral Manifestations.- 8 Inherited Epidermolysis Bullosa.- 9 Dyskeratosis Congenita.- 10 Pachyonychia Congenita.- 11 Oral Lichen Planus.- 12 Recurrent Ahthous Stomatitis.- 13 Behcet disease.- 14 Chronic Ulcerative Stomatitis.- 15 Lichen sclerosus of the oral mucosa.- 16 Cheilitis granulomatosa and Melkersson Rosenthal syndrome.- 17 Autoimmune Blistering Diseases: An Introduction.- 18 Pemphigus Vulgaris.- 19 Paraneoplastic Pemphigus.- 20 Mucous Membrane Pemphigoid.- 21 Bullous pemphigoid.- 22 Anti-p200 Pemphigoid.- 23 Linear IgA disease.- 24 Epidermolysis Bullos Acquisita.- 25 Lupus erythematosus.- 26 Systemic Sclerosis.- 27 ANCA-associated Vasculitis.- 28 Viral Infections.- 29 Bacterial Infections of the Oral Mucosa.- 30 Fungal infections.- 31 Benign Tumors and Hyperpigmentation.- 32 Leukoplakia and Squamous Cell Carcinoma.- 33 Oral submucous fibrosis.- 34 Melanoma of the Oral Cavity.- 35 Lymphoma, Hematological Neoplasia, and Metastases.- 36 Oral Mucositis Following Cancer Therapy.- 37 Erythema Multiforme.- 38 Epithelial Necrolysis.- 39 Contact Stomatitis.- 40 Oral Allergy Syndrome.- 41 Gingivitis and Peridontitis.- 42 Gingival overgrowth.- 43 Diseases of the tongue.- 44 Diseases of the Oral Mucosa in Infants, Children and Adolescence.- 45 Diseases of the Oral Mucosa in East Africa.- 46 Nutrition-related Disorders.- 47 Xerostomia.- 48 Miscellaneous Disorders with Oral Manifestations.
