The authors Michael A. Kahn, DDS, is a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology and Professor Emeritus and Chair (ret.) in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Oral Medicine, and Craniofacial Pain at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. J. Michael Hall, DDS, MABMH, is a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, and Associate Professor (ret.) in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Oral Medicine, and Craniofacial Pain at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

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• Preface to the Second EditionPreface to the First Edition Acknowledgments viiSection I Detection and Documentation 11.  The Extraoral and Intraoral Soft Tissue Head and Neck Screening Examination 32.  Soft Tissue Head and Neck Pathology Description and Documentation 23Section II Diagnosis and Management 353.  Common Oral Soft Tissue Lesions 374.  Differential Diagnosis of Common Oral Soft Tissue Lesions 1155.  Guidelines for Observation and/or Referral of Patients’ Lesions 1296.  The Art and Science of Biopsy and Cytology 137Section III Clinicopathologic Exercises 1477.  Sample Patient Histories and Discussion 149Appendix A: Glossary of Descriptive TerminologyAppendix B: Formulary of Over]the]Counter and Prescription 221Medications Based on Disease Classification: Common Errors of Prescription Writing 225Answers to End]of]Chapter Questions 245Index 259

The authors Michael A. Kahn, DDS, is a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology and Professor Emeritus and Chair (ret.) in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Oral Medicine, and Craniofacial Pain at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. J. Michael Hall, DDS, MABMH, is a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, and Associate Professor (ret.) in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Oral Medicine, and Craniofacial Pain at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

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• Preface to the Second EditionPreface to the First Edition Acknowledgments viiSection I Detection and Documentation 11.  The Extraoral and Intraoral Soft Tissue Head and Neck Screening Examination 32.  Soft Tissue Head and Neck Pathology Description and Documentation 23Section II Diagnosis and Management 353.  Common Oral Soft Tissue Lesions 374.  Differential Diagnosis of Common Oral Soft Tissue Lesions 1155.  Guidelines for Observation and/or Referral of Patients’ Lesions 1296.  The Art and Science of Biopsy and Cytology 137Section III Clinicopathologic Exercises 1477.  Sample Patient Histories and Discussion 149Appendix A: Glossary of Descriptive TerminologyAppendix B: Formulary of Over]the]Counter and Prescription 221Medications Based on Disease Classification: Common Errors of Prescription Writing 225Answers to End]of]Chapter Questions 245Index 259

The authors Michael A. Kahn, DDS, is a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology and Professor Emeritus and Chair (ret.) in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Oral Medicine, and Craniofacial Pain at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. J. Michael Hall, DDS, MABMH, is a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, and Associate Professor (ret.) in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Oral Medicine, and Craniofacial Pain at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

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• Preface to the Second EditionPreface to the First Edition Acknowledgments viiSection I Detection and Documentation 11.  The Extraoral and Intraoral Soft Tissue Head and Neck Screening Examination 32.  Soft Tissue Head and Neck Pathology Description and Documentation 23Section II Diagnosis and Management 353.  Common Oral Soft Tissue Lesions 374.  Differential Diagnosis of Common Oral Soft Tissue Lesions 1155.  Guidelines for Observation and/or Referral of Patients’ Lesions 1296.  The Art and Science of Biopsy and Cytology 137Section III Clinicopathologic Exercises 1477.  Sample Patient Histories and Discussion 149Appendix A: Glossary of Descriptive TerminologyAppendix B: Formulary of Over]the]Counter and Prescription 221Medications Based on Disease Classification: Common Errors of Prescription Writing 225Answers to End]of]Chapter Questions 245Index 259