Risk Assessment and Oral Diagnostics in Clinical Dentistry

Dena Fischer, DDS, MSD, MS, is Assistant Professor, Oral Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry.Nathaniel Treister, DMD, DMSc, is Assistant Professor, Department of Oral Medicine, Infection and Immunity, at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine and is Associate Surgeon at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston.Andres Pinto, DMD, MPH, FDS, RCSEd, is Associate Professor, Department of Oral Medicine, at the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine and Attending Physician at the Division of Oral Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center in Philadelphia.

“This book provides generalists at any level a good overview of common oral diseases. Importantly, it provides a useful metric to approaching medically compromised individuals. There are a few other books that may provide a more in-depth review of oral medicine and management of the medically complex patient in dentistry, such as Oral Medicine and Medically Complex Patients, 6th edition, Lockhart (Wiley-Blackwell, 2013), which treats the topic in more depth.”  (Doody’s, 3 January 2014)

• Authors viiPreface ixAcknowledgements xiPART A: GUIDELINES FOR RISK ASSESSMENT OF SYSTEMIC CONDITIONS THAT MAY COMPLICATE OR BE COMPLICATED BY DENTAL TREATMENT 11 Basics of the Health History, Physical Examination, and Clinical Investigations 32 Basic Tests and Evaluation Methods of Systemic Health 273 Potential for Bleeding 474 Potential for Infection 635 Potential for Poor Wound Healing 77PART B: GUIDELINES FOR DIAGNOSIS OF OROFACIAL CONDITIONS 896 Dental Caries and Periodontal Conditions 917 Oral Infection 1078 Salivary Conditions 1239 Oral Neoplastic Disease 13910 Oral Complications Associated with Cancer Therapy 15111 Oral Manifestations of Autoimmune, Immune-Mediated, and Allergic Disorders 17112 Orofacial Pain Conditions 193Appendix: Top 10 List of Non-odontogenic Oral Conditions 211Index 215