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Contemporary Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, 2^nd ed.

Assistant Professor, Oral Medicine and Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine, 3501 Terrace Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15261; bcollins{at}pitt.edu

This is a concise, descriptive work designed as a textbook for incorporation into dental school curricular instruction in Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology. However, it is also an excellent resource for dental specialists and general practitioners, as well as other health care providers with an interest in oral disease.

The second edition of Contemporary Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology serves as a valuable reference for both student dentists and established practitioners. The authors are well-respected oral and maxillofacial pathologists with a wealth of teaching and practice experience. They state that their purpose is to provide a "concise" and "user-friendly" text, while incorporating up-to-date advances in diagnostic methods (immunostaining and imaging), treatment, and therapeutics. The authors have provided not only a textbook, but also a brief integrated atlas, with common clinical presentations and appropriate disease descriptions to enhance recognition.

The subject of oral and maxillofacial pathology is necessarily reliant upon visual recognition, whether clinical, radiographic, or histopathologic. The authors have richly illustrated the text. The two-column format assists in the presentation of material in a concise, easily read text. The reader will find a definition of the disease entity and then descriptive text organized under clinical/radiographic, histopathologic, and treatment subheadings. Clinical photos depicting the most common presentation accompany the lesion description, with brief captions highlighting the diagnostic features. Additionally, anatomic drawings and charts illustrate variable degrees of disease expression and commonly associated conditions. Photomicrographs are paired with anatomic line drawings that diagram key diagnostic features. The authors effectively guide the reader to more salient features necessary for appropriate diagnosis, listing entities with similar appearance for comparison and contrast. There are twelve chapters (Developmental Disturbances; Cysts; Infections of Teeth and Bone; Bone Lesions; Odontogenic Tumors; Epithelial Disorders; Oral Infections; Immune-Mediated Disorders; Connective Tissue Lesions; Salivary Gland Disorders; Physical and Chemical Injuries; and Diseases of Blood), providing ease of reference. The chapter title pages contain outlines highlighting the lesions covered. This outline is a keyword list that will provide the reader a content "roadmap," allowing them to preview the chapter. For the academic, the outlines are an effective guide and a potential knowledge check or self-test before reading the disease descriptions. Diseases common to the oral cavity or those with common oral manifestations are effectively covered. The authors state that their intent was to create a textbook that follows the topic presentation in most courses in oral and maxillofacial pathology. Any deviation from an established course routine is easily accommodated, as each of the chapters effectively stands alone, without reliance upon a preceding chapter. This allows reading assignments to be varied based on instructor preference.

The book is a good, easy-to-read textbook, but it is not a comprehensive text and additional reading sources may be necessary. A bibliography of both review articles and classic references follows each chapter for more in-depth coverage of included disease processes, and a relevant glossary and index are provided for rapid reference.

Those who choose this text will appreciate its readability. In addition to ease of use as a reference, both educator and interested reader will appreciate the excellent description and illustrations of the mechanism of herpes simplex viral infection in the Oral Infections chapter.

However, in the salivary gland chapter, I disagree with the passage under histopathology of adenoid cystic carcinoma where the authors refer to invasion of the perineural space as invasion of perineural lymphatic vessels. The present consensus is that perineural lymphatic vessels do not exist, as they would be a redundant duplication of lymphatic vessels existing in close proximity to the neurovascular bundles. That said, it is still an excellent and concise work.

As this is a concise text, you will not find every oral disease or abnormality included, but the text provides a very good synopsis of what should be known by students and practitioners of dentistry. It is a practical enhancement to any practitioner’s bookshelf. The hard binding and size of the book are ideal for portability, and with the other informational features mentioned, it is highly recommended.

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