Oral Medicine in Primary Dental Care
This book is an up-to-date guide to the diagnosis and management of the oral and orofacial conditions that may be encountered by dentists in primary care. Now in its fourth edition, the book has been completely restructured to provide a clinical signs and
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Mike A. O. Lewis Philip-John Lamey
Oral Medicine in Primary Dental Care Fourth Edition
BDJ Clinician’s Guides
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Michael A. O. Lewis • Philip-John Lamey
Oral Medicine in Primary Dental Care Fourth Edition
Michael A. O. Lewis School of Dentistry Cardiff University School of Dentistry Cardiff UK
Philip-John Lamey Edinburgh Dental Institute University of Edinburgh Edinburgh Dental Institute Edinburgh UK
Originally published by BDJ Books, London, 2011 ISSN 2523-3327 ISSN 2523-3335 (electronic) BDJ Clinician’s Guides ISBN 978-3-030-15431-8 ISBN 978-3-030-15432-5 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15432-5 © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors, and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, expressed or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. This Springer imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG. The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Preface
It is now almost 30 years since we were first asked to write a book on aspects of oral medicine in dental primary care. When preparing the text from this fourth edition, we decided to completely restructure the material to provide the clinician with a guide to oral medicine conditions that was based on presenting clinical signs and symptoms rather than aetiology. We believe that such an approach would help clinicians to achieve a diagnosis more easily and therefore be able to initiate appropriate treatment in primary care. As such, all the chapters from the third edition of A Clinical Guide to Oral Medicine have been reformatted, rewritten and updated. Many of the original illustrations have been replaced, where possible, with ones that show the clinical conditions even more clearly than before. In addition, a much wider range of orofacial conditions has been included. Hopefully, the readers will find the
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