Publisher's Synopsis
This comprehensive guide to macroscopic findings in the mouth covers anatomic variants, congential and developmental abnormalities and pathologic findings - all are demonstrated with colour photographs and their clinical presentation is discussed. Short guidelines for differential diagnosis, laboratory tests and treatment accompany the text where appropriate.;New for this edition are: two chapters on HIV infections and AIDS, and renal diseases; 64 illustrations of lesions and clinical entities affecting the oral cavity; several illustrations of diseases have been added to broaden the spectrum of clinical presentation; and many illustrations have been replaced by new ones of higher quality.;This atlas should help clinicians to solve diagnostic problems and to outline treatment.