Dentistry has traditionally had a surgical basis but recent years have seen the emergence of the specialty of oral medicine and this now forms part of both the dental and medical curriculum in many countries. Recognizing the need for a standard text on this increasingly important subject, the authors have provided a topical, comprehensive and illustrated account which will serve as a guide not only for undergraduate or postgraduate dental and medical students but also for the full spectrum of health care workers involved in the management of disease. Encompassing the principles of diagnosis, diseases of the oral mucosa, oral manifestations of systemic disease, orofacial pain, salivary gland disease. prescribing for oral disease and medical emergencies.
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Für höhere Schule und Studium
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7 line drawings, 4 halftones, 44 colour illustrations
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Höhe: 246 mm
Breite: 189 mm
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978-0-7236-2255-0 (9780723622550)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
The specialty of oral medicine; philosophy of care; principles of diagnosis - the clinical interview; special investigations; diseases of the oral mucosa - infection; ulceration; developmental and miscellaneous lesions; premalignant conditions and tumours; oral manifestations of systematic disease - mucocutaneous disease; gastrointestinal disease; haemopoetic disease and deficiency states; immunological disease; endocrine disease; connective tissue disease; skeletal disease; psychological disease; orofacial pain; salivary gland disease; prescribing for oral disease; medical emergencies.
