Clinical Oral Medicine

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.