Oral Pathology, an interactive textbook on PDA is an easily read text of clinically relevant information on basic oral pathology. It is written succinctly, is well-illustrated, and is a practical, day to day book on oral and maxillofacial pathology. Suitable for teaching the dental team, dental students, dental hygienists, and those in practice who want to review basic oral pathology, it can be used as a required or an adjunct textbook. There are 1600 images of high quality, clinical color photographs, radiographic images, histologic images, and several diagrams, covering most subjects presented in a traditional oral pathology course. The images are keyed to the text and can be viewed at will. There are many images presented on a single subject to try to show various clinical manifestations. Emphasis is given to the common oral conditions. The CD is well-indexed and conditions are easily retrievable in the six chapters.

Topics Covered 

• Chapter 1 - examination technique, normal structures and those structures mistaken for disease.
• Chapter 2 - developmental disturbances of the soft tissues, jaws, teeth, selected syndromes and acquired dental defects, (attrition, etc.).
• Chapter 3 - dental caries, pulpitis, sequelae of pulpitis, cysts of the oral regions (odontogenic and non-odontogenic).
• Chapter 4 - mucous membrane pathology with definitions, diagrams and clinical examples, viral diseases, recurrent aphthous ulcers, traumatic ulcers and other traumatic lesions, reactive, proliferative lesions, specific bacterial diseases including syphilis and tuberculosis, mucoceles, candidiasis, white lesions including the leukoplakias and vesiculobullous disorders.
• Chapter 5 - an overview of neoplasia in general, benign and malignant tumors of the oral cavity including oral cancer, odontogenic tumors, salivary glands lesions, and the various pigmented lesions of the oral cavity.
• Chapter 6 - oral manifestations of systemic diseases, allergy and some principles of oral diagnosis.