Full Description
The periodic and timely revisions of Shafer's Textbook of Oral Pathology have brought out a treatise, well conceived and written with the aim of updating students all necessary nuances of the specialty. The scope of the present edition is an extension of this goal aimed at understanding the disease processes at more fundamental level, the impetus being those in the maxillofacial region. The book highlights the etiopathogenesis and clinical presentation of oral diseases and focuses on a variety of diseases commonly encountered in clinical practice.Salient FeaturesExtensively revised and updated chapters Temporomandibular Joint Diseases section completely rewrittenPhysical and Chemical Injuries of the Oral Cavity chapter updatedExtensive revision of Dental Caries and Forensic Odontology chaptersAdvanced information scattered throughout the book in highlighted boxesNew to this editionGeneral account on stem cells with particular reference to odontogenic stem cellsHistological grading of oral squamous cell carcinomaGenetic basis of oral cancerAdenocarcinoma NOSReclassification of odontogenic keratocyst into neoplasmLichenoid reactionBisphosphonate therapyHematopoietic stem cellLaboratory findings of SLEInfluence of decalcification in tissue processing and additional account on hard tissue processing
Contents
Dedication vForeword viiPreface to the Seventh Edition ixPreface to the First Edition xiContributors xiiAcknowledgements xiiiSECTION I1. Developmental Disturbances of Oral and Paraoral Structures ..........................................................3R Rajendran2. Benign and Malignant Tumors of the Oral Cavity ............................................................................81R Rajendran3. Tumors of the Salivary Glands ..........................................................................................................223R Rajendran4. Cysts and Tumors of Odontogenic Origin ........................................................................................259R RajendranSECTION II5. Bacterial Infections of the Oral Cavity .............................................................................................317B Sivapathasundharam and N Gururaj6. Viral Infections of the Oral Cavity ....................................................................................................339B Sivapathasundharam, N Gururaj and K Ranganathan7. Mycotic Infections of the Oral Cavity ..............................................................................................367B Sivapathasundharam and N Gururaj8. Diseases of the Periodontium ...........................................................................................................381B Sivapathasundharam9. Dental Caries .....................................................................................................................................419B Sivapathasundharam and AR Raghu10. Diseases of the Pulp and Periapical Tissues.....................................................................................475B Sivapathasundharam11. Spread of Oral Infection ....................................................................................................................503B SivapathasundharamSECTION IIIINJURIES AND REPAIR12. Physical and Chemical Injuries of the Oral Cavity ...........................................................................519B Sivapathasundharam13. Regressive Alterations of the Teeth .................................................................................................571R Rajendran14. Healing of Oral Wounds ....................................................................................................................591B SivapathasundharamSECTION IV15. Oral Aspects of Metabolic Diseases .................................................................................................615B Sivapathasundharam and R Rajendran16. Allergic and Immunologic Diseases of the Oral Cavity ..................................................................665B SivapathasundharamSECTION V17. Diseases of Bone and Joints (Non-neoplastic and Non-infectious Disorders of Bone,Skeletal Dysplasias/Dysostoses, Constitutional Bone Disorders) ..................................................685R Rajendran and Mansur Ahmad18. Diseases of the Blood and Blood-forming Organs..........................................................................761R Rajendran and Nasser Nooh19. Diseases of the Skin ...........................................................................................................................805R Rajendran20. Diseases of the Nerves and Muscles ................................................................................................853R RajendranSECTION VIFORENSIC ODONTOLOGY21. Forensic Odontology .........................................................................................................................879Ashith B Acharya and B SivapathasundharamAPPENDICESI. Introduction to Laboratory Analyses in Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology ..................................911Praveen R AranyII. Mucosal Response to Oral Prostheses: Some Pathological Considerations ..................................923Mahesh Verma and Priya KumarIII. Routine Histotechniques, Staining and Notes on Immunohistochemistry ................................................. 933S Anil and R RajendranIV. Tables of Normal Values ....................................................................................................................953Index ...................................................................................................................... 959
