Main description:

Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology: A Diagnostic Approach, Second Edition is a fully updated and revised edition of this richly illustrated reference to the wide range of diagnostic imaging modalities available for investigating lesions affecting the face and jaws.

Provides extensive flowcharts detailing the steps of diagnosis and decisions
Features more than 450 clinical images, including many multi-part figures, demonstrating the concepts discussed, with more images covering cone beam computed tomography, positron emission tomography, and interventional procedures
Discusses differences in the demographic, clinical and radiological presentations, and outcomes of treatment due to ethnicity
Presents practical approaches firmly grounded in the scientific literature, focusing on the most common and important lesions
Includes perspectives from experts in various specialty areas, including medical radiologists, oral and maxillofacial radiologists, functional imaging specialists, and radiation oncologists

Contents:

List of contributors ix

Preface xi

Part 1 Introduction 1

Chapter 1 Basics of radiological diagnosis 3

Chapter 2 Viewing conditions and physiological phenomena and radiological interpretation 47

Chapter 3 Evidence-based radiology 63

Part 2 Advanced imaging modalities 73

Chapter 4 Computed tomography 75

Chapter 5 Cone-beam computed tomography 89

Chapter 6 Magnetic resonance imaging 111

Chapter 7 Positron emission tomography 135

Chapter 8 Basics of ultrasound 151

Part 3 Radiological pathology of the jaws 159

Chapter 9 Radiolucencies 161

Chapter 10 Radiopacities 273

Chapter 11 Maxillary sinus 341

Chapter 12 Lesions within the soft tissues 387

Chapter 13 Imaging of the salivary glands 415

Chapter 14 Oral and maxillofacial vascular lesions 447

Chapter 15 Fractures of the face and jaws 473

Chapter 16 Temporomandibular joint diseases 493

Part 4 Extragnathic lesions 517

Chapter 17 Introduction to extragnathic lesions 519

Chapter 18 Benign lesions 529

Chapter 19 Malignant lesions 555

Part 5 Osseointegrated implants 611

Chapter 20 Osseointegrated implants 613

Index 631