Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine

Fundamental principles of patient management 1. Diagnosis: history 2. Diagnosis: examination 3. Diagnosis: general investigations 4. Treatment Common complaints 5. Cervical lymphadenopathy 6. Dry mouth 7. Halitosis 8. Lumps and swelling 9. Pain 10. Red, white and pigmented lesions 11. Sensory of motor changes 12. Ulcers The most common and important conditions 13. Angiodema 14. Angular cheilitis (Angular stomatitis) 15. Aphthae 16. Atypical facial pain 17. Behcet's syndrome (Behcet's disease) 18. Bell's palsy 19. Burning mouth syndrome (Oral dysaesthesia) 20. Cancer 21. Candidasis 22. Denture-induced stomatitis 23. Erythema migrans (Geographic tongue, Benign migratory glossitis) 24. Erythema multiforme 25. Fordyce spots 26. Erythoplakia 27. Leukoplakia, Keratosis and other potentially malignant lesions 28. Gingival drug-induced swelling 29. Granulomatous cheilitis 30. Herpes virus infections 31. Lichen planus 32. Odontogenic cysts and tumours 33. Pemphigoid 34. Pemphigus 35. Sjogren's syndrome 36. Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) pain-dysfunction syndrome 37. Trigeminal and other neuralgias 38. Eponymous and other conditions Relevant other systemic disorders 39. Human immunodeficiency virus infection 40. Iatrogenic disease Appendix 1: Orofacial manifestations of disorders of specific systems Appendix 2: Agents used in the treatment of patients with oral disease AHB-771 Finalized 11/07/02 by ALC Revised 5/27/03