Oral Pathology in Clinical Dental Practice. Robert E. Marx
Oral Pathology in Clinical Dental Practice
Dedication
This book is dedicated to all those dentists who have picked up on diseases and conditions that have led to an early diagnosis and treatment, thus saving their patients from disease progression, deformity, and at times, even death.
It is also dedicated to those dentists who may have missed the early signs or obvious diseases while focusing exclusively on the dentition. It is hoped that this book will provide examples and guidance as well as the encouragement to be a diagnostician before being a treatment provider.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Marx, Robert E., author.
Title: Oral pathology in clinical dental practice / Robert E. Marx.
Description: Hanover Park, IL : Quintessence Publishing Co. Inc., [2017]
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Includes bibliographical references. | Description based on print version
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Identifiers: LCCN 2017028350 (print) | LCCN 2017028970 (ebook) | ISBN
9780867159073 (ebook) | ISBN 9780867157642 (hardcover)
Subjects: | MESH: Mouth--pathology | Jaw--pathology | Face--pathology | Mouth
Mucosa--pathology | Mouth Diseases--pathology | Jaw Diseases--pathology
Classification: LCC RK301 (ebook) | LCC RK301 (print) | NLM WU 140 | DDC
617.5/22--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017028350
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Contents
Dentists and their dental hygiene team historically have been the great identifiers of oral diseases—not only the common ones of dental caries and periodontal inflammation but also those of oral cancers, serious infections, systemic diseases, and many more. I have personally seen astute “pickups” by referring dentists that have identified serious conditions that actually saved lives. The early recognition of an abnormality, no matter how trivial it may seem at first, can result in a better chance for cure or control and treatments