The tenth edition of this core textbook will prepare the reader to diagnose and treat many different diseases and disorders that they may not have encountered in person before.
The text integrates oral medicine, pathology, and surgical and drug treatment, allowing the reader to apply diagnostic algorithms and develop the key understanding they will need to apply theory to clinical practice.
Originally published in 1962, Cawson's Essentials of Oral Pathology and Oral Medicine continues to offer its trademark easy-to-read style, a world-class collection of photographs showing oral conditions, and the latest evidence and guidelines to support safe clinical practice.
The text integrates oral medicine, pathology, and surgical and drug treatment, allowing the reader to apply diagnostic algorithms and develop the key understanding they will need to apply theory to clinical practice.
Originally published in 1962, Cawson's Essentials of Oral Pathology and Oral Medicine continues to offer its trademark easy-to-read style, a world-class collection of photographs showing oral conditions, and the latest evidence and guidelines to support safe clinical practice.
- Thoroughly updated to include new guidelines, oral diseases and treatments including the new WHO Classification of Tumours 2022 terminology
- Friendly, accessible writing style provides ready access to essential information
- Flow charts to guide the reader thorough the process of differential diagnosis for a range of conditions
- Evidenced-based throughout to help facilitate safe clinical practice
- Self-assessment to support understanding and problem solving
- Summary charts to aid learning and revision
- New chapters on pathological and diagnostic aspects of cosmetic procedures
- New section on respiratory disease including COVID-19; other new diseases such as MPox included
- Chapter listing adverse events
- Information on genetic causes of diseases and tumours, along with novel treatments
- Information on periodontal diseases completely revised and updated in the light of recent research
- New and extra images included throughout
Table of Contents
1 Principles of investigation, diagnosis and treatment2 Disorders of tooth development
3 Disorders of development
4 Dental caries
5 Pulpitis and apical periodontitis
6 Tooth wear, resorption, hypercementosis and osseointegration
7 Periodontal diseases
8 Osteomyelitis, osteitis and osteonecrosis of the jaws
9 Major infections of the mouth and face
10 Cysts in and around the jaw
11 Odontogenic tumours and related jaw lesions
12 Non-odontogenic tumours of the jaws and facial skeleton
13 Inherited, metabolic and other non-neoplastic bone diseases
14 Disorders of the temporomandibular joints and trismus
15 Diseases of the oral mucosa: mucosal infections
16 Diseases of the oral mucosa: non-infective stomatitis
17 Tongue disorders
18 Benign chronic white mucosal lesions
19 Potentially malignant disorders
20 Oral cancer
21 Other mucosal and lip carcinomas
22 Non-neoplastic diseases of salivary glands
23 Salivary gland tumours
24 Benign mucosal swellings
25 Soft tissue tumours
26 Oral pigmented lesions
27 Cosmetic procedures
28 Anaemias, leukaemias and lymphomas
29 Haemorrhagic disorders
30 Immunodeficiency
31 Allergy, autoimmune and autoinflammatory disease
32 Cervical lymphadenopathy
33 Cardiovascular disease
34 Respiratory tract disease
35 Gastrointestinal and liver disease
36 Nutritional deficiencies
37 Endocrine disorders and pregnancy
38 Renal disease
39 Orofacial pain, headache and neurological disorders
40 Physical and learning disability
41 Mental health conditions
42 Dentistry and older people
43 Complications of systemic drug treatment
44 Medical emergencies
45 Adverse events in dentistry
46 Learning guide
