The Ada Practical Guide to Soft Tissue Oral Disease

• Easy-to-use, updated resource with brief synopses for everyday clinical reference
• Includes self-testing clinicopathologic exercises to help readers further their skills and gain confidence in their knowledge
• Focuses on decision making, from communicating diagnoses to developing and discussing treatment plans
• Presents clinically oriented information on the most important aspects of common oral and maxillofacial diseases
• Features detailed color illustrations, treatment algorithms, differential diagnosis, and case examples with discussion

The authors

Michael A. Kahn, DDS, is a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology and Professor Emeritus and Chair (ret.) in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Oral Medicine, and Craniofacial Pain at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

J. Michael Hall, DDS, MABMH, is a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, and Associate Professor (ret.) in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Oral Medicine, and Craniofacial Pain at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

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

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