Handbook of Oral and Maxillofacial Giant Cell Lesions

Dr Kapil Paiwal is professor and head of oral and maxillofacial pathology department at Daswani Dental College and Research Center in Kota, Rajasthan, India. He has extensive research experience in diagnosing oropharyngeal cancer and has been invited as a guest speaker at conferences abroad. He possesses two patents on topics including “A method of detecting cancerous cells in asymptomatic patients using monoclonal antibody drugs” and “A novel feature extraction and classification of breast cancer using ensemble pre-fully connected layers in convolutional neural network.” He participated in the Guinness Book of World Records on behalf of the Federation of Indian Association in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Dr Paiwal has published several research papers across nationally and international journals and is a lifetime member of Cochrane and Sigma Xi Scientific Research Honor Society. He also serves as an active member of the editorial board and peer review committee for various journals.   Dr. Niranzena Panneer Selvam completed her BDS and MDS in oral medicine and radiology from Dr. MGR Medical University, India and advanced training in oral and maxillofacial radiology from the University of Florida, USA. Dr. Panneer is a diplomate of American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology. She is serving as the director of oral radiology at Creighton School of Dentistry, USA. She is a university gold medalist. Her research focuses on the clinical applications of CBCT imaging, bone changes in MRONJ, and oral cancer and precancer. She has received several grants for her research projects. In addition to co-authoring numerous articles and book chapters, she is a highly sought-after international speaker. She also serves on the editorial board of international journals and is a reviewer of the Dentomaxillofacial Radiology and OOOO journal. She is also a lifetime member of Sigma Xi Sceintific Honor Society.   Dr. Abrar Ahmed Alamoudi completed her BDS from King Abdul-Aziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. She served as a faculty of oral and maxillofacial radiology at King Abdul-Aziz University; obtained an advanced training program in oral and maxillofacial radiology from the University of Florida, USA. Currently, she is a teaching assistant of oral and maxillofacial radiology in the diagnostic sciences department, faculty of dentistry, King Abdul-Aziz University. She is pursuing a Master of Science in Dentistry from the department of oral and maxillofacial medicine and diagnostic science at Case Western Reserve University, Ohio, USA. Her interests involve radiographic imaging of bone and soft tissue changes in medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw (MRONJ), chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis, degenerative disease, and atherosclerosis detection in cone-beam computed tomography systems (CBCT). She has published many papers in peer-reviewed national and international journals, several chapters in various books, and delivered numerous lectures at various national and international conferences. She is an active member of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology (ABOMR), the American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology (AAOMR), and an independent advisory committee for Dental Imaging Diagnostics LLC.   Dr. Jitin Makker completed his MBBS from Sarojini Naidu Medical College, Agra, India; residency in anatomic and clinical pathology from the University of Southern California (USC) and fellowship in surgical pathology and clinical informatics from the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), USA. He is an assistant clinical professor in the department of pathology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. He has published many research papers in peer-reviewed national and international journals. He is also an active reviewer of pathology journals and a certified board member of the American Board of Pathology.   Dr. Anirudha Agnihotry has completed his BDS from Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Manipal University, Karnataka, India; graduation from Pacific Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry, California, USA. He is a full-time clinician and a research scholar at the University of the Pacific Arthur A Dugoni School of Dentistry, San Francisco, USA. He has served as the faculty of numerous dental colleges, where he worked in setting up community outreach clinics and provided training to residents and students. He has published many papers in peer-reviewed national and international journals, several chapters in various books, and delivered numerous lectures at various national andinternational conferences. He also serves as a referee for many scientific journals and is an editorial board member of Brazilian Dental Journal and Dentistry Review Journal. Additionally, he is the founding director of research at Stevenson Dental Research Institute, San Dimas, California.

1.- Introduction.- Section I: Types of Giant Cells.- 2.- Giant Cells in Inflammation.- 3.- Giant Cells in Tumor.- 4.- Osteoclast.- 5.- Odontoclast.- Section II: Classification of Multinucleated Giant Cells.- 6.- Classification of Multinucleated Giant Cells as per their Occurrence in the Body.- 7.- Lucas' Classification of Multinucleated Giant Cells.- 8.- J. Phillip Sapp's Classification of Multinucleated Giant Cells.- 9.- Dr R.V. Subramaniam's Working Classification of Multinucleated Giant Cells.- Section III: Lesions.- 10.- Central Giant Cell Granuloma.- 11.- Peripheral Giant Cell Granuloma.- 12.- Hyperparathyroidism.- 13.- Fibrous Dysplasia.- 14.- Cherubism.- 15.- Paget’s Disease.- 16.- Giant Cell Tumor of Bone.- 17.- Malignant Giant Cell Tumor.- 18.- Hodgkins Disease.- 19.- Aneurysmal Bone Cyst.- 20.- Calcifying Odontogenic Cyst.- 21.- Resorption of Teeth.- 22.- Tuberculosis.- 23.- Sarcoidosis.- 24.- Herpes Simplex.- 25.- Herpes Zoster.- 26.- Syphilis.- 27.- Leprosy.- 28.- Osteomyelitis.- 29.- Measels.- 30.- Histoplasmosis.- 31.- Cryptococcosis.- 32.- Mucormycosis.- 33.- Aspergillosis.- 34.- Wegner’s Granulomatosis.- 35.- Perapical Pathosis.- 36.- Giant Cell Fibroma.- 37.- Traumatic Granuloma.- 38.- Solitary Bone Cyst.- 39.- Osteoid Osteoma.- 40.- Benign Osteoblastoma.- 41.- Radicular Cyst.- 42.- Cementoblastoma.- 43.- Osteosarcoma.- 44.- Actinomycosis.- 45.- Cat Scratch Disease.- 46.- Blastomycosis.- 47.- Rhinosporidiosis.- 48.- Giant Cell Arterities.- 49.- Reactive Lesions.- 50.- Pyogenic Granuloma.- 51.- Pregnancy Epulis.