The ADA Practical Guide to Soft Tissue Oral Disease

Preface to the Second Edition


Preface to the First Edition Acknowledgments vii


Section I Detection and Documentation 1


1. The Extraoral and Intraoral Soft Tissue Head and Neck Screening Examination 3


2. Soft Tissue Head and Neck Pathology Description and Documentation 23


Section II Diagnosis and Management 35


3. Common Oral Soft Tissue Lesions 37


4. Differential Diagnosis of Common Oral Soft Tissue Lesions 115


5. Guidelines for Observation and/or Referral of Patients' Lesions 129


6. The Art and Science of Biopsy and Cytology 137


Section III Clinicopathologic Exercises 147


7. Sample Patient Histories and Discussion 149


Appendix A: Glossary of Descriptive Terminology


Appendix B: Formulary of Over?]the?]Counter and Prescription 221


Medications Based on Disease Classification: Common Errors of Prescription Writing 225


Answers to End?]of?]Chapter Questions 245


Index 259