• Comprehensive text consisting of 24 chapters updates and expands the knowledge on oral disorders encountered in the practice of oral medicine and pathology and includes numerous new disease entities, as well as new diagnostic techniques.

• Written in straight-forward, clear, lucid and easy-to-grasp language.

• Meticulously constructed guide on diagnosis and management fills a much-needed gap in the low-cost editions and will be welcomed by oral physicians, diagnosticians, maxillofacial surgeons, pathologists, postgraduate trainees as well as undergraduate students.

• Emphasis is placed on developing the clinical diagnostic skills on each topic, the role of special investigations by hematological and immunological tests, biopsy and histopathology, imaging and other more advanced methodologies are presented and discussed wherever appropriate.

• Text begins with an outline on each topic, a classification wherever indicated and a comprehensive review of etiology and concise features of clinical presentation, radiological and histopathological features followed by methods for investigation and management.

• Pathology sections offer complete explanations of pathogenesis supported by a wealth of illustrations of Hand E photomicrographs to allow the reader to gain some insight into microscopic features. It is presented as an integrated text and the body ofthe text is devoted to thorough, up-to-date discussions of the clinical, diographic, and pathologic features of oral disorders encountered in clinical practice.

• Key features are summarized in a box and self-assessment questions are included at the end of each chapter.