معلومات المنتج

The first multi-authored textbook in the subject of Oral Medicine and Radiology. Flow charts, diagrams, and clinical pictures enhance the teaching potential of this book. The first to introduce concepts in oral psycho-somatic medicine, computers in oral diagnosis, and the use of complementary and alternative medicine systems in this field. Emphasises the need to understand the principles and role of radiotherapy in the management of oral cancer. Seeing a plethora of Indian authors bringing out learned form for our next generation to follow. Dental medicine knowledge as required by the dentist of the developing world is kept in mind. Book contents: - The diagnostic sequence. - Systemically compromised dental patients. - Dental evaluation and management in pregnancy. - Temporomandibular joint diseases. - Maxillary sinus and its dental implications. - Medical emergencies in dental practice. - Bleeding in the dental clinic: Causes and Management. - Calcium metabolism. - Oral Manifestations of HIV Infection. - Facial pain and neurological diseases. - Developmental Disturbances of dental and facial structures. - White lesions of the oral mucosa. - Vesiculo-bullous and ulcerative lesions of the oral mucosa. - Pigmentation of the oral and perioral tissues. - Cysts of the oral regions. - Oral precancer. - Oral cancer: squamous cell carcinoma. - Salivary gland disorders. - Odontogenic tumors. - Reactive lesions and nonodontogenic tumors - Halitosis. - Dysphagia. - Radiation physics, properties, and production of X-rays. - Radiation hygiene. - Radiographic investigation. - Films and media. - Radiographic interpretation. - Errors in dental radiography. - Orthopantomography. - Computers in dental practice. - Forensic odontology in dental practice. - Biopsychosocial model of illness and oral medicine. - Occupational hazards in dentistry. - Lasers in dentistry. - Clinical pharmacology: corticosteroids in dentistry. - Applied clinical pharmacology: antibiotics, analgesics, and anxiolytics in dental practice. - Pulpal pathosis. - Infections of the oral cavity - Radiotherapy in head and neck cancers. - Complementary and alternative medicine: emerging vistas in healing.