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• Over 1,300 clinical photos and radiographs, most in full color, facilitate identification and classification of lesions.
• Current concepts of pathogenesis and disease management help you understand the diseases that affect the oral and maxillofacial structures, formulate an accurate diagnosis, and institute proper treatment.
• Each chapter is logically organized by body system or disease group, enabling you to easily identify a specific condition.
• A comprehensive appendix of differential diagnosis among oral and maxillofacial disease processes helps you rule out invalid diagnoses.
• The bibliography divided by topic presented at the end of each chapter enables you to pursue supplemental literature.
• Highly accomplished authors and contributors with a broad range of clinical and classroom teaching experience provide well-balanced coverage of the entire subject.
• Chapter outlines at the beginning of each chapter allow immediate access to specific topics.

• Over 200 new illustrations have been added to this popular, visual reference.
• A new section on bisphosphonate-associated osteonecrosis thoroughly explores and illustrates this recently identified complication resulting from medications used to prevent bone loss in patients with multiple myeloma, metastatic tumors, and osteoporosis.
• A new section about the oral complications of methamphetamine abuse details characteristic oral manifestations such as "meth mouth caries" and factitial injuries.
• Expanded coverage of oral piercings, intraoral tattoos, and other body modifications includes unusual entities such as tongue splitting and charm needles.
• A new section on transient lingual papillitis sheds light on this common cause of transitory tongue irritation.
• A new section on solitary fibrous tumors familiarizes you with this popular designation for certain benign fibrous neoplasms.
• A new section on hypoplasminogenemia (ligneous conjunctivitis), or plasminogen deficiency, includes images from a patient case that illustrate the characteristic gingival lesions associated with this rare but fascinating systemic condition.
• A new section on hereditary mucoepithelial dysplasia describes the characteristic oral manifestations that can lead you to accurately diagnose this condition, potentially preventing a woman with this disorder from having cytologically unusual cells misdiagnosed as carcinoma on her cervical PAP smears.
• A new section discusses the clinical and microscopic features of chronic ulcerative stomatitis, an immune-mediated condition of the oral mucosa that presents with erosive lesions and is often mistaken for lichen planus.
• The chapter on Forensic Dentistry has been thoroughly revised and updated by leading forensic odontology author, Dr. Edward Herschaft, to include the latest information on this fascinating topic.
• Several chapters have been updated to include the most current knowledge of specific gene mutations associated with hereditary oral disorders.

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Excellent book for students and doctors	Customer Rating:
You can only see what you know! If you want to care patients from oral and maxillofacial diseases, you should know pathologic basis.

Excellent	Customer Rating:
Great book. Complete. Perfect to Dentistry, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons and Head and Neck Surgeons

complete oral pathology textbook	Customer Rating:
This book, is one of the more complete on the oral pathology subject, excellent for students and essential for the dentist's office

Wonderful book

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I am a 2nd year Stomathological Medicine Ms. resident and have had this book from the beginning and must say it is a first class reference book. Not only it is physically well done (thick glossy paper, full colored images and state of the art design), but it has a very complete content organized by clinical features, histopathological characteristics, treatment and prognosis and so on. It has also got an appendix with differential diagnosis. To be an OMF Pathology work it has a very good OMF Medicine approach. It is a must not only for undergraduate, but for postgraduates as well.

Top Text for Oral Pathology	Customer Rating:
Simply put, this is the best text available for Oral Pathology. Incredible pictures, concise yet detailed information, etc. The change to color photos in the newest addition was a tremendous upgrade. Every dental practitioner should own a copy of this book.