Cysts of the Oral and Maxillofacial Regions (eBook)

Mervyn Shear is Emeritus Professor, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, and Emeritus Professor, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town. He is recognised as one of the foremost authorities on cysts of the oral regions. Paul M. Speight is Professor and Head of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology at the School of Clinical Dentistry, University of Sheffield. He is President, Treasurer and Member of Council of the International Association of Oral Pathologists and Editor-in-Chief of 'Archives of Oral Biology'.

Cysts of the Oral and Maxillofacial Regions 3
Contents 7
Foreword 8
Preface to the fourth edition 9
Preface to the third edition 10
Preface to the second edition 10
Preface to the first edition 11
Acknowledgements 12
1 Classification and frequency of cysts of the oral and maxillofacial tissues 13
2 Gingival cyst and midpalatal raphé cyst of infants 15
3 Odontogenic keratocyst 18
4 Dentigerous cyst 71
5 Eruption cyst 88
6 Gingival cyst of adults, lateral periodontal cyst, botryoid odontogenic cyst 91
7 Glandular odontogenic cyst (sialo-odontogenic cyst) 106
8 Calcifying odontogenic cyst (calcifying cystic odontogenic tumour) 112
9 Nasopalatine duct (incisive canal) cyst 120
10 Nasolabial (nasoalveolar) cyst 131
11 Radicular cyst and residual cyst 135
12 Inflammatory paradental cysts 155
13 Aneurysmal bone cyst 162
14 Solitary bone cyst 168
15 Cysts associated with the maxillary antrum 174
16 Cysts of the salivary glands 183
17 Developmental cysts of the head and neck 193
18 Parasitic cysts 204
References 208
Index 235

Reviews of this Edition

Cysts of the Oral Regions... remains an indispensable
account of our current knowl-edge of this fascinating group of
lesions of the jaw and para-oral tissues... All
patholo-gists with an interest in the pathology of the oral
and max-illo-facial and head and neck region should have a
copy.

Oral Oncology, 2007

From Published Reviews of the Previous Edition

The first edition of this commendable book was published in
1976. Since then it has developed into a classical reference book
on the subject . . . The book is most valuable for oral and general
pathologists, radiologists, oral and general surgeons. general
dentists as well as undergraduate and post-graduate students.
It is systematicallv organised. which makes it easy to gain access
to the information of interest. The author should be congratulated
on a most signifi-cant work. I recommend the book to all with
an interest in this field.

International Dental Journal

As part of their normal practice, dentists are not
infrequently faced with diagnosing and managing patients with cysts
of the jaws and oral regions. This book is a comprehensive account
of such cysts and covers the clinical and radiographic features, as
well as the aetiology, pathogenesis, histology and treatment . . .
Overall the detail of the book is such that it is most suited to
postgraduate students, as well as being a valuable and detailed
reference text for oral and general pathologists and
surgeons.

Dental Update

This book will naturally and quite correctly attract great
attention. Mervyn Shear has over the years maintained a tremendous
interest in this subject. He has not only pub-lished
extensively but also contributed significantly to our better
understanding and thus better patient management. This text is the
third addition but represents a significant advance on previous
texts . . . It is difficult to fault this text and certainly a book
which all clinicians at all levels will constantly refer. It must
be stressed that it is not a surgical manual. It will not give a
student a 'one line' answer to the many complex and often
incompletely understood aspects of many cysts. Indeed I believe
that is the strength of this book: It provides a well documented
review of the important literature about most of the controversial
areas. The text then allows the reader to make his own mind up for
each main type of cyst and divides them into frequency, age, sex,
site, clinical presen-tation, radiological features,
pathogenesis, pathology and treatments . . . In summary an
excellent text book which tackles an important subject with a
commanding logic.

P. WARD-BOOTH Professor of Maxillofacial Surgery