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Contemporary Oral Medicine

A Comprehensive Approach to Clinical Practice

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Editors:
  1. Camile S. Farah

    1. UWA Dental School, University of Western Australia UWA Dental School, Perth, Australia

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  2. Ramesh Balasubramaniam

    1. Perth Oral Medicine & Dental Sleep Centr, West Leederville, Australia

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  3. Michael John McCullough

    1. Melbourne Dental School Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Healt, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

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  • Describes the clinical presentation and pathophysiology of disorders and conditions affecting the oral and maxillofacial region Provides detailed guidance on diagnostic evaluation and treatment Presents numerous clinical cases and a wealth of informative illustrations

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Table of contents (45 entries)

  1. Arthritic Conditions Affecting the Temporomandibular Joint

    • L. G. Mercuri, S. Abramowicz

  2. Biopsychosocial Aspects of Orofacial Pain

    • Richard Ohrbach, Justin Durham

  3. Classification of Orofacial Pain

    • Gary D. Klasser, Jean-Paul Goulet, Antoon De Laat, Daniele Manfredini

  4. Clinical Evaluation of Oral Diseases

    • Chizobam N. Idahosa, A. Ross Kerr

  5. Clinical Evaluation of Orofacial Pain

    • Jeffrey P. Okeson, Isabel Moreno Hay

  6. Clinical Immunology in Diagnoses of Maxillofacial Disease

    • Nathaniel Treister, Arturo Saavedra, Alessandro Villa

  7. Cutaneous Pathology of the Head and Neck

    • Tami Yap, Johannes S Kern, Benjamin Wood, Laura Scardamaglia

  8. Diagnostic Imaging Principles and Applications in Head and Neck Pathology

    • Andy Whyte, Rudolf Boeddinghaus, Marie Anne Teresa J. Matias

  9. Gingival Pathology

    • Anne Hegarty, Alison Rich

  10. Halitosis

    • Jaisri R. Thoppay, Andreas Filippi, Katharine Ciarrocca, John Greenman, Scott S. De Rossi

  11. Head and Neck Tumors

    • Moni A. Kuriakose, Swagnik Chakrabarti, Sok Ching Cheong, Luiz P. Kowalski, Tiago Novaes Pinheiro, Camile S. Farah

  12. Headache

    • Steven J. Scrivani, Steven B. Graff-Radford, Shehryar N. Khawaja, Egilius L. H. Spierings

  13. Interface Between Oral and Systemic Disease

    • Michele D. Mignogna, Stefania Leuci

  14. Internal Derangements of the Temporomandibular Joint

    • James J. R. Huddleston Slater, Reny de Leeuw

  15. Laboratory Medicine and Diagnostic Pathology

    • Tim Hodgson, Barbara Carey, Emma Hayes, Richeal Ni Riordain, Priya Thakrar, Sarah Viggor et al.

  16. Masticatory Muscle Pain and Disorders

    • Tommaso Castroflorio, Andrea Bargellini, Andrea Deregibus, Peter Svensson

  17. Neuropathic Orofacial Pain

    • Olga A. Korczeniewska, Eli Eliav, Rafael Benoliel

  18. Neurophysiology of Orofacial Pain

    • Koichi Iwata, Mamoru Takeda, Seog Bae Oh, Masamichi Shinoda

  19. Neurosensory Disturbances Including Smell and Taste

    • Saravanan Ram, Tomoko Wada, Soma Sahai-Srivastava

  20. Neurovascular Orofacial Pain

    • Yair Sharav, Yaron Haviv, Galit Almoznino, Rafael Benoliel
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About this book

This book, written by world authorities in the field, is a comprehensive, up-to-date guide to the specialty of Oral Medicine, which is concerned with the diagnosis, prevention, and predominantly nonsurgical management of medically related disorders and conditions affecting the oral and maxillofacial region. The pathophysiology, clinical presentation, diagnostic evaluation, and treatment of all relevant diseases and disorders are described with the aid of a wealth of clinical cases and illustrations that enable the reader to appreciate the diversity and potential complexity of Oral Medicine cases. In addition to the wide-ranging coverage of oral conditions, separate sections are devoted to bone and cutaneous pathology and to orofacial pain and its management. The clinician who treats Oral Medicine patients will find this book to be an excellent aid to optimal management grounded in a sound knowledge of basic science and the dental and medical aspects of each disorder. In addition, it will serve as an outstanding textbook for undergraduate and postgraduate students.

Editors and Affiliations

  • UWA Dental School, University of Western Australia UWA Dental School, Perth, Australia

    Camile S. Farah

  • Perth Oral Medicine & Dental Sleep Centr, West Leederville, Australia

    Ramesh Balasubramaniam

  • Melbourne Dental School Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Healt, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

    Michael John McCullough

About the editors

Camile S. Farah is a dual-qualified specialist in Oral Medicine and Oral Pathology who is currently Reader in Oral Biology, Pathology & Medicine at the University of Queensland (UQ) School of Dentistry in Australia and Head of the Oral Oncology Research Program at the UQ Centre for Clinical Research. His other positions include Consultant Oral Pathologist, Qscan Radiology Clinics and Honorary Consultant in Oral Oncology, Head & Neck Cancer Clinic, Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital. Dr. Farah holds a number of prestigious positions, including as Chairman of the Australian Dental Research Foundation, Research Advisory Committee; President of the International Association for Dental Research, ANZ Division; and Vice President of the Australian Immunohistochemistry Society. He is Chairman-elect of the Australian Dental Research Foundation. He is a Fellow of the Oral Medicine Academy of Australasia, the Pierre Fauchard Academy, the International College of Dentists, and the International Academy of Oral Oncology. Dr. Farah is an editorial board member of several journals, including Pathology Discovery, Clinical Medicine Research, and Journal of Cancer Stem Cell Research. He is the author of well over 100 publications in peer-reviewed journals.

Ramesh Balasubramaniam is Director of the Perth Oral Medicine & Dental Sleep Centre, St John of God Hospital, Subiaco Clinic, Perth, Western Australia. His other positions include Consultant, Dental Department, Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, Subiaco, Western Australia; Consultant, Orofacial Pain Clinic, Oral Health Centre of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia; and Adjunct Consultant, Department of Pain Management, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Nedlands, Western Australia. He is Clinical Associate Professor in the School of Dentistry, University of Western Australia. Dr. Balasubramaniam is a Registered Specialist in Oral Medicine, a Diplomate of the American Board of Orofacial Pain, and a Fellow of the Oral Medicine Academy of Australasia, the Pierre Fauchard Academy, and the Academy of Dentistry International. He is current Chair of the Education and Scientific Sub-Committee of the Oral Medicine Academy of Australasia and has held various other executive positions in professional organizations. He was a Committee Member for the American Academy of Orofacial Pain Guidelines (2012–3). He is the author of approaching 30 publications in peer-reviewed journals and was one of the two guest editors of the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinics of North America issue on “Orofacial Pain and Dysfunction” (May 2008).

 

 

Michael McCullough is a Professor in the Melbourne Dental School, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia. He is an Oral Medicine Consultant at the Royal Melbourne Dental Hospital, Dental Health Service, Victoria and the Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne Health, Victoria, and has been Director of Research at Melbourne Dental School since 2006. Dr. McCullough is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons (FRACDS) and of the College’s Special Stream in Oral Medicine. He has held various prestigious positions in professional organizations, including as President of the Oral Medicine Society of Australia and New Zealand and Chair of the Dental Therapeutics Committee, Australian Dental Association. He is a member of the editorial boards for Archives of Oral Biology, Medical Mycology, and Dental Cadmos (the affiliated journal of the European Section of the International College of Dentists). Dr. McCullough has published almost 100 papers in peer-reviewed journals.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Contemporary Oral Medicine

  • Book Subtitle: A Comprehensive Approach to Clinical Practice

  • Editors: Camile S. Farah, Ramesh Balasubramaniam, Michael John McCullough

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28100-1

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Springer Reference Medicine, Reference Module Medicine

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-28100-1Due: 27 February 2018

  • Topics: Dentistry, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

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