Shafer's Textbook of Oral Pathology
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 Features - Extensively revised and updated chapters - Temporomandibular Joint Diseases section completely rewritten - Physical and Chemical Injuries of the Oral Cavity chapter updated - Extensive revision of Dental Caries and Forensic Odontology chapters - Advanced information scattered throughout the book in highlighted boxes New to this edition - General account on stem cells with particular reference to odontogenic stem cells - Histological grading of oral squamous cell carcinoma - Genetic basis of oral cancer - Adenocarcinoma NOS - Reclassification of odontogenic keratocyst into neoplasm - Lichenoid reaction - Bisphosphonate therapy - Hematopoietic stem cell - Laboratory findings of SLE - Influence of decalcification in tissue processing and additional account on hard tissue processing
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Shafer's Textbook of Oral Pathology
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 Features - Extensively revised and updated chapters - Temporomandibular Joint Diseases section completely rewritten - Physical and Chemical Injuries of the Oral Cavity chapter updated - Extensive revision of Dental Caries and Forensic Odontology chapters - Advanced information scattered throughout the book in highlighted boxes New to this edition - General account on stem cells with particular reference to odontogenic stem cells - Histological grading of oral squamous cell carcinoma - Genetic basis of oral cancer - Adenocarcinoma NOS - Reclassification of odontogenic keratocyst into neoplasm - Lichenoid reaction - Bisphosphonate therapy - Hematopoietic stem cell - Laboratory findings of SLE - Influence of decalcification in tissue processing and additional account on hard tissue processing
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Shafer's Textbook of Oral Pathology

Shafer's Textbook of Oral Pathology

Shafer's Textbook of Oral Pathology

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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 Features - Extensively revised and updated chapters - Temporomandibular Joint Diseases section completely rewritten - Physical and Chemical Injuries of the Oral Cavity chapter updated - Extensive revision of Dental Caries and Forensic Odontology chapters - Advanced information scattered throughout the book in highlighted boxes New to this edition - General account on stem cells with particular reference to odontogenic stem cells - Histological grading of oral squamous cell carcinoma - Genetic basis of oral cancer - Adenocarcinoma NOS - Reclassification of odontogenic keratocyst into neoplasm - Lichenoid reaction - Bisphosphonate therapy - Hematopoietic stem cell - Laboratory findings of SLE - Influence of decalcification in tissue processing and additional account on hard tissue processing

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ISBN-13: 9788131238004
Publisher: Elsevier India
Publication date: 06/30/2012
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 1000
File size: 61 MB
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Table of Contents

Dedication                                                                                                                                                      v Foreword                                                                                                                                                        vii Preface to the Seventh Edition                                                                                                                    ix Preface to the First Edition                                                                                                                         xi Contributors                                                                                                                                                  xii Acknowledgements                                                                                                                                      xiii SECTION I DISTURBANCES OF DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH 1. Developmental Disturbances of Oral and Paraoral Structures ..........................................................3 R Rajendran 2. Benign and Malignant Tumors of the Oral Cavity ............................................................................81 R Rajendran 3. Tumors of the Salivary Glands ..........................................................................................................223 R Rajendran 4. Cysts and Tumors of Odontogenic Origin ........................................................................................259 R Rajendran SECTION II DISEASES OF MICROBIAL ORIGIN 5. Bacterial Infections of the Oral Cavity .............................................................................................317 B Sivapathasundharam and N Gururaj 6. Viral Infections of the Oral Cavity ....................................................................................................339 B Sivapathasundharam, N Gururaj and K Ranganathan 7. Mycotic Infections of the Oral Cavity ..............................................................................................367 B Sivapathasundharam and N Gururaj 8. Diseases of the Periodontium ...........................................................................................................381 B Sivapathasundharam 9. Dental Caries .....................................................................................................................................419 B Sivapathasundharam and AR Raghu 10. Diseases of the Pulp and Periapical Tissues.....................................................................................475 B Sivapathasundharam 11. Spread of Oral Infection ....................................................................................................................503 B Sivapathasundharam SECTION III INJURIES AND REPAIR 12. Physical and Chemical Injuries of the Oral Cavity ...........................................................................519 B Sivapathasundharam 13. Regressive Alterations of the Teeth .................................................................................................571 R Rajendran 14.
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