General and Oral Pathology for Dental Hygienists (DeLong, General and Oral Pathology for Dental Hygienists)

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Author: Leslie DeLong

ISBN-10: 0781755468

ISBN-13: 9780781755467

Category: Dental - General & Miscellaneous

This text teaches dental hygiene students the essential information they need to visually examine and recognize oral disease in practice. The General Pathology section covers the major determinants of disease and the body systems as they are covered when taking a patient's medical history. The Oral Pathology section is organized according to characteristics of lesions, so students learn to recognize lesions by appearance and differentiate between similar lesions.\ More than 400 detailed...

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This text teaches dental hygiene students the essential information they need to visually examine and recognize oral disease in practice. The General Pathology section covers the major determinants of disease and the body systems as they are covered when taking a patient's medical history. The Oral Pathology section is organized according to characteristics of lesions, so students learn to recognize lesions by appearance and differentiate between similar lesions.More than 400 detailed photographs and illustrations help students identify lesions. Clinical examples and case studies are included. Distinctive clinical features of lesions are accompanied by lists of associated diseases.

PART I GENERAL PATHOLOGYCHAPTER 1 Introduction to General and Oral PathologyCHAPTER 2 Basic PathologyCHAPTER 3 Inflammation and RepairCHAPTER 4 The Immune System and ImmunityCHAPTER 5 NeoplasiaCHAPTER 6 Development, Hereditary, and Congenital DisordersCHAPTER 7 Endocrine DisordersCHAPTER 8 Cardiovascular DiseasesCHAPTER 9 Blood DiseasesCHAPTER 10 Respiratory,Gastrointestinal,Neurologic, and Skeletal DisordersPART II ORAL PATHOLOGYCHAPTER 11 Lesions That Look Like VesiclesCHAPTER 12 Ulcers and Ulcer-like LesionsCHAPTER 13 Lesions in Shades of Red to PurpleCHAPTER 14 White LesionsCHAPTER 15 Pigmented LesionsCHAPTER 16 Raised Lesions with a Rough or Papillary SurfaceCHAPTER 17 Soft Tissue EnlargementsCHAPTER 18 Hard Tissue EnlargementsCHAPTER 19 Radiopaque LesionsCHAPTER 20 Radiolucent LesionsCHAPTER 21 Abnormalities of the TeethCHAPTER 22 HIV and AIDSCHAPTER 23 Skin LesionsClinical ProtocolsGlossaryIndex