Oral Pathology in Clinical Dental Practice. Robert E. Marx

      

      Oral Pathology in Clinical Dental Practice

      Dedication

      This book is dedicated to all those dentists who have picked up on diseases and conditions that have led to an early diagnosis and treatment, thus saving their patients from disease progression, deformity, and at times, even death.

      It is also dedicated to those dentists who may have missed the early signs or obvious diseases while focusing exclusively on the dentition. It is hoped that this book will provide examples and guidance as well as the encouragement to be a diagnostician before being a treatment provider.

       Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Names: Marx, Robert E., author.

      Title: Oral pathology in clinical dental practice / Robert E. Marx.

      Description: Hanover Park, IL : Quintessence Publishing Co. Inc., [2017]

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      Includes bibliographical references. | Description based on print version

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      Identifiers: LCCN 2017028350 (print) | LCCN 2017028970 (ebook) | ISBN

      9780867159073 (ebook) | ISBN 9780867157642 (hardcover)

      Subjects: | MESH: Mouth--pathology | Jaw--pathology | Face--pathology | Mouth

      Mucosa--pathology | Mouth Diseases--pathology | Jaw Diseases--pathology

      Classification: LCC RK301 (ebook) | LCC RK301 (print) | NLM WU 140 | DDC

      617.5/22--dc23

      LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017028350

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      Design: Erica Neumann

      Production: Sue Robinson

      Printed in the USA

       Contents

       Preface

1	Recognizing Abnormalities and Pathologic Conditions
2	Red and White Lesions
3	Masses Within the Soft Tissues of Oral Mucosa
4	Oral Mucosal, Facial, and Neck Masses
5	Infectious Diseases of the Jaws and Oral Cavity
6	Radiolucent Lesions
7	Radiopaque and Mixed Radiolucent-Radiopaque Lesions
8	Radiopaque Lesions in Soft Tissue
9	Pigmented Lesions of Mucosa and Facial Skin
10	Lesions of the Facial Skin and Oral Mucosa
11	Exposed Bone Pathologies
12	Vascular Lesions of Oral Mucosa and Skin

       Recommended Reading

       Preface

      Dentists and their dental hygiene team historically have been the great identifiers of oral diseases—not only the common ones of dental caries and periodontal inflammation but also those of oral cancers, serious infections, systemic diseases, and many more. I have personally seen astute “pickups” by referring dentists that have identified serious conditions that actually saved lives. The early recognition of an abnormality, no matter how trivial it may seem at first, can result in a better chance for cure or control and treatments