Oral Farmacology

This intermediate textbook on oral epidemiology is designed to meet the needs of advanced students in the fields of Dentistry and Oral Health and dentists in the early stages of their career. Readers will find detailed information on the epidemiology of individual diseases and disorders and on hot topics and methods in oral health research.

The oral board exam for the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (ABOMS) can be intimidating to many surgeons due to the broad range of information one must know for the exam. However, while the examination guidelines provide a general outline of topics that may be covered, there is no true direction on how to prepare for it.

This book provides a comprehensive review of the assessment and management of older people’s oral health care needs. Discussing recent initiatives to emphasize oral health promotion and prevention, the book describes improvements in pharmacological and non-pharmacological approaches for special populations in geriatrics and illuminates the role of barriers to oral health care for older people.

This book is an extensive, evidence-based, in-depth review of all aspects of the frequent oral potentially malignant disorder Oral Lichen Planus, from the complex pathogenesis and differential diagnosis to therapeutic management. It highlights the main discoveries and the limits of current knowledge in the epidemiology, pathogenesis and therapy of this oral disorder, projecting clinicians to the best possible therapeutic management and researchers to the main research fields potentially interesting for the understanding of etiopathogenesis and the establishment of a universally recognized diagnostic criteria. Detailed orientation is provided on oral lichen planus and on the main oral disorders clinically and histologically very similar to it. This work is aimed at clinicians, who are often faced with oral lesions that are not always easily diagnosed, and researchers who are interested in dentistry, oral medicine, and the partly mysterious disease Oral Lichen Planus.

The aim of this book is to provide an overview of various oral diseases with emphasis on the pathogenesis, investigation, and the management protocol of different oral and maxillofacial diseases.

The oral board exam for the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (ABOMS) can be intimidating to many surgeons due to the broad range of information one must know for the exam. However, while the examination guidelines provide a general outline of topics that may be covered, there is no true direction on how to prepare for it.