Oral Medicine Secrets,
Edition 1
By Stephen T. Sonis, DMD, DMSc, Robert C. Fazio, DMD and Leslie Fang, MD, PhD

Publication Date: 02 Jul 2002
Description
Using the popular question and answer format of The Secrets Series, this helpful mini reference offers practical tips, answers, and secrets from experts specializing in various areas of oral medicine. The evaluation, management, diagnosis, and treatment of various oral diseases arecovered. Topics include cardiovascular disease, bacterial endocarditis, endocrine disease, pregnancy, pulmonary disease, gastrointestinal disease, neurologic disease, diseases of the salivary glands and much more.

Chapters on oral cancer detection and management as well as the pharmacology of drugs used in dentistry are also included.

Key Features

  • The content of all chapters has been updated and revised
  • Follows question and answer format of The Secrets Series
  • Includes 200 illustrations depicting the various entities discussed
  • Serves as a useful resource for dental students and practicing dentists
  • Contributing authors are a diverse mix of specialists in the field of oral medicine
  • About the author
    By Stephen T. Sonis, DMD, DMSc, Chief, Division of Dentistry, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA; Associate Professor of Oral Medicine and Oral Pathology, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA; Associate Physician, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; Robert C. Fazio, DMD, Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Attending Periodontist, Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT; Attending Periodontist, Norwalk Hospital, Norwalk, CT and Leslie Fang, MD, PhD, Assistant in Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
    Table of Contents
    SECTION I: Patient Assessment
    1:
    History, Physical and Laboratory Evaluation
    2: Diagnosis of Oral Disease

    SECTION II: Evaluation and management of medically compromised patients
    3:
    Evaluation and management of patients with cardiovascular disease
    4: Evaluation and management of the patient at risk for bacterial endocarditis
    5: Evaluation and management of the patient with endocrine disease
    6: Dental considerations and management during pregnancy
    7: Evaluation and management of patients with pulmonary disease
    8: Evaluation and management of patients with gastrointestinal disease
    9: Evaluation and management of the patient with hematologic disease
    10: Dental considerations and management in patients receiving cancer chemotherapy
    11: Evaluation and management of patients with joint disease
    12: Evaluation and management of patients with renal dysfunction
    13: Oral manifestations of HIV infection and dental management of infected patients
    14: Evaluation and management of patients with neurologic diseases
    15: Evaluation and management of the patient with psychiatric disease

    SECTION III: Diagnosis and treatment of oral disease
    16:
    Evaluation and management of oral mucosal diseases
    17: Oral cancer detection and management
    18: Diseases of the salivary glands
    19: Evaluation and management of oral infections
    20: Evaluation and management of orofacial pain disorders
    21: Pharmacology of drugs used in dentistry
    Book details
    ISBN: 9781560534198
    Page Count: 320
    Illustrations : 150 ills.
    Retail Price : £35.99
    Sonis: Dental Secrets, 2nd ed., 1-56053-300-5, 1999, $39.00
    Abubaker: Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Secrets, 1-56053-401-X, 2001, $39.00
    Sonis: The Best of Dental Humor, 1-56053-067-7, 1997, $27.95
    Audience
    Dental Students, Medical Students, Practitioners, Periodontists, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons.

    Primary Care Physicians, Infectious Disease Physicians