Textbook of Oral Diagnosis

PREFACE; PART I: CLINICAL METHODS, DOCUMENTATION, AND TREATMENT PLANNING IN ORAL DIAGNOSIS; 1. Essentials of Diagnostic Process; 2. Diagnostic Sequences; 3. Patient Interview and History-taking; 4. Clinical Examination methods; 5. General Appraisal of Dental Patient; 6. Extra Oral Clinical Examinations; 7. Intra Oral Clinical Examination; 8. Clinical Evaluation of the Cranial Nerve Function; 9. Clinical Evaluation of the Salivary Gland Function; 10. Clinical Evaluation of the Taste Sensation; 11. Clinical Record and Documentation; 12. Clinical Dental Photography; 13. Dental, Periodontal and Oral Soft Tissue Charting; 14. Principles of Treatment Planning; 15. Referrals and Professional Consultation; PART II: INVESTIGATIVE APPROACHES TO ORAL DIAGNOSIS; 16. Common Signs of Oral Diseases; 17. Common Medical Complaints of Dental Interest; 18. Anatomical Variations of Normal Oral Structures; 19. Diagnostic Approaches to Common Oro-facial Symptoms; 20. Tests Used to Detect Caries Activity, Plague and Pulp Vitality; 21. Radiography as an Aid to Oral Diagnosis; 22. Normal Radiographic Landmarks; 23. Advanced Imaging Methods; 24. Computer-assisted Oral Diagnosis; 25. Measurement of the Vital Signs; 26. Blood Sample Collection Methods; 27. Tissue and Cell Sampling Methods; 28. The Scope of Clinical Laboratory Investigations in Oral Diagnosis; 29. Histopathology as an Aid to Oral Diagnosis; 30. Haematological Investigations in Oral Diagnosis; 31. Clinical Biochemistry in Oral Diagnosis; 32. Microbiological Investigations in Oral Diagnosis; 33. Applications of Immunological Investigations in Oral Diagnosis; APPENDICES; INDEX