Main description:

Pediatric Orofacial Medicine and Pathology is a major source book for specialists and trainees in paediatric dentistry. At the same time, it is a definitive reference for their colleagues in oral medicine, oral pathology and orthodontics, oral & maxillofacial surgery and paediatrics. This book considers and illustrates both common and unusual oral lesions found in children, with accompanying text outlining diagnostic features and management of the described conditions. A special characteristic of the book is that it includes many syndromes in which developmental orofacial or dental disorders are a major feature. The text is arranged in chapters which are grouped from a clinical perspective, commencing with a chapter on diagnostic approaches, followed by normal development. Each condition is described in detail and guidelines are given for diagnosis and management on the basis of currently accepted knowledge and practice. The second edition is particularly coloured by advances in the field of genetics.

Contents:

1. Diagnostic Approach to Paediatric Orofacial Disorders. 2. Normal Growth and Development. 3. Facial Dysmorphism and Syndrome Diagnosis. 4. Approach to Interdisciplinary Management of Complex Paediatric Disorders. 5. Variations of Normal Development and Pseudopathology. 6. Congenital Orofacial Malformations, Clefting and Duplication. 7. Abnormalities of Tooth Formation, Eruption and Resorption. 8. Abnormalities of the Gingiva and Periodontium: Periodontitis, Gingival Overgrowth. 9. Abnormalities of the Oral Mucosa. 10. Oral Manifestations of Systemic Disease. 11. Abnormalities of Saliva and Salivary Glands and Sequelae. 12. Dental caries. 13. Oral and Maxillofacial Infections. 14. Developmental and Acquired Cysts of the Jaws and Oral Soft Tissues. 15. Giant cell lesions. 16. Periostitis and Fibro-osseous Lesions. 17. Tumours, Neoplasms, Tumour-like Conditions, Haematological Malignancies, and Effects of Treatment. 18. Orofacial Pain, Altered Pain, Sensation and Acquired Disorders of the Temperomandibular Joint. 19. Oral features of disorders in Late Childhood and Adolescence: Anorexia Nervosa, Bulemia, Depression, Drug Ingestion, Pregnancy