Cawson's essentials of oral pathology and oral medicine / R.A. Cawson and E.W. Odell; with the assistance of S. Porter.

Revised edition of: Essentials of oral pathology and oral medicine / R.A. Cawson, E.W. Odell. 6th ed. 1998.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

CONTENTS
1. Principles of investigation and diagnosis --
SECTION 1
Hard-tissue pathology
2. Disorders of development of the teeth and related tissues --
3. Dental caries --
4. Pulpitis, apical periodontitis, resorption, hypercementosis --
5. Gingivitis and periodontitis --
6. Major infections of the mouth, jaws and perioral tissues --
7. Cysts of the jaw --
8. Odontogenic tumours and tumour-like lesions of the jaws --
9. Non-odontogenic tumours of the jaws --
10. Genetic, metabolic and other non-neoplastic bone diseases --
11. Disorders of the temporomandibular joints and periarticular tissues --
SECTION 2
Soft-tissue disease
12. Diseases of the oral mucosa: introduction and mucosal infections --
13. Diseases of the oral mucosa: non-infective stomatitis --
14. Tongue disorders --
15. Benign chronic white mucosal lesions --
16. Oral premalignancy --
17. Oral cancer --
18. Neoplastic and non-neoplastic diseases of salivary glands --
19. Common benign mucosal swellings --
20. Soft-tissue (mesenchymal) neoplasms --
21. Melanoma and other pigmented lesions --
SECTION 3
The Medically-compromised patient
22. Anaemias, leukaemias and lymphomas --
23. Haemorrhagic diseases --
24. Immunodeficiencies and HIV disease --
25. Allergy and autoimmune disease --
26. Cervical lymphadenopathy --
27. Cardiovascular disease --
28. Respiratory tract disease --
29. Gastrointestinal and liver disease --
30. Nutritional deficiencies --
31. Endocrine disorders and pregnancy --
32. Renal disease --
33. Intellectual and physical disability --
34. Pain, anxiety and neurological disorders --
35. Complications of systemic drug treatment --
36. Emergencies in dental practice.

This is the seventh edition of a highly successful book on oral pathology and oral medicine for dental studentsand postgraduates taking further dental exams such as the FDS. Radical changes were introduced when the sixth edition was published in 1998, the most important of which were the restriction of the content to oral pathology and oral medicine from its former broader coverage, and the introduction of colour illustrations. A major change to the seventh edition will be that colour illustrations will be spread throughout the book.