BURKET.S ORAL MEDICINE

DESCRIPTION

This thoroughlyrevised Thirteenth Edition of Burket's Oral Medicine reflects the scopeof modern Oral Medicine with updated contentwritten by 80 contributingoral medicine and medical expertsfrom across the globe.
The text emphasizes thediagnosis and management of diseases of the mouth and maxillofacial region aswell as safe dental management for patients with complex medical disorders suchas cardiovascular disease, cancer, infectious diseases, bleeding disorders,renal diseases, and many more.
In addition to comprehensively expanded chapters on oral mucosal diseases,including those on ulcers, blisters, red, white and pigmented lesions, readerswill also find detailed discussions on:

·       Orofacial pain, temporomandibulardisorders, headache and salivary gland disease;

·       Oraland oropharyngeal cancers, including the managementof oral complications of cancer therapy;

·       Genetics,laboratory medicine and transplantation medicine;

·       Pediatric and geriatric oral medicine;

·       Psychiatry and psychology;

·       Clinical research; and

·       Interpreting the biomedical literature

The ThirteenthEdition of Burket's OralMedicine is an authoritative reference valuable to students, residents,oral medicine specialists, teachers,and researchers as well as dental and medical specialists.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Michael Glick, DMD, FDS RCSEd, is Professor of Oral Medicine and ExecutiveDirector, Center for Integrative Global Oral Healthin the School of Dental Medicine at the Universityof Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Martin S. Greenberg, DDS, FDS RCSEd,is Professor Emeritus of Oral Medicine in the Schoolof Dental Medicine at the University of Pennsylvaniain Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Peter Lockhart, DDS, FDS RCSEd,FDS RCPS, is ResearchProfessor of Oral Medicine at the Atrium Healths CarolinasMedical Center in Charlotte, NC, USA.
Stephen J. Challacombe, PhD, DSc,FRCPath, FDS RCSEd, FDS RCS, FMedSci, is the Martin RushtonProfessor of Oral Medicine at Kings College London, in London, UK.