Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine

Crispian Scully is Director of Special Projects at the UCL-Eastman Dental Institute; Professor of Special Care Dentistry, University College London, UK; and President-elect of International Academy of Oral Oncology. He has written and edited over 40 books, written over 150 book chapters and has over 860 papers cited on MEDLINE and over 300 others. He is Editor of Oral Oncology, Co-Editor of Oral Diseases, and Associate Editor of the Journal of Investigative and Clinical Dentistry. He has received the CBE, University of Helsinki Medal of Honour, University of Santiago de Compostela Medal, University of Granada Medal, Fellowship of UCL, and honorary degrees from the Universities of Athens, Granada, Helsinki and Pretoria. He has received the UK Dental Award for the Most Outstanding Achievements in Dentistry, the Award of the Spanish Society for Oral Medicine and American Biographical Institute UK Man of the Year.

Section I FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF PATIENT MANAGEMENT Diagnosis: history; Diagnosis: examination; Diagnosis: general investigations; Treatment; Agents used in the treatment of patients with oral disease Section II COMMON COMPLAINTS Cervical lymphadenopathy; Drooling and sialorrhoea; Dry mouth (xerostomia); Halitosis (oral malodour); Lumps and swellings; Pain; Red, white and pigmented lesions; Sensory and motor changes and taste abnormalities; Soreness and ulcers Section III COMMON AND IMPORTANT ORAL CONDITIONS Angioedema (angioneurotic oedema); Angular cheilitis (angular stomatitis); Aphthae (recurrent aphthous stomatitis); Atypical facial pain; Behcet syndrome; Bell's palsy; Burning mouth syndrome (oral dysaesthesia); Cancer; Candidiasis; Denture-related stomatitis; Erythema migrans; Erythema multiforme; Erythroplakia, leukoplakia, keratosis and other potentially malignant lesions; Fordyce spots; Gingival drug-induced swelling; Granulomatous cheilitis; Herpesvirus infections; Lichen planus; Odontogenic cysts and tumours; Pemphigoid; Pemphigus; Salivary neoplasms; Sjogren syndrome; Temporomandibular joint pain-dysfunction syndrome; Trigeminal and other neuralgias Section IV RELEVANT OTHER SYSTEMIC DISORDERS Human immunodeficiency virus infection; Iatrogenic disease; Oral manifestations of disorders of specific systems; Other conditions Section V EPONYMOUS CONDITIONS Eponymous conditions APPENDIX Adverse drug reactions