Color Atlas of Common Oral Diseases [Paperback]

Robert P. Langlais (Author), Craig S. Miller (Author), Jill S. Nield-Gehrig (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0781780977 | ISBN-13: 978-0781780971 | Publication Date: April 7, 2009 | Edition: Fourth

The Fourth Edition of the Color Atlas of Common Oral Diseases has been thoroughly revised, updated, and expanded with over 650 high-quality color photographs and radiographic illustrations of oral disease to help you recognize and identify oral diseases. It presents clinical and radiographic features of common diseases found in the oral cavity according to location, color, surface change, and radiographic appearance.

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Fourth edition (April 7, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0781780977
• ISBN-13: 978-0781780971
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #45,980 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #17 in Books > Medical Books > Dentistry > Dental Assisting

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11 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars FOR AMATEURS, BUT NOT FOR A SERIOUS DENTAL PROFESSIONAL, April 1, 2000

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This review is from: Color Atlas of Common Oral Diseases (Paperback)

I purchased this book thinking that it would have ample pictures of all the oral diseases that I would encounter in a practice, but I was wrong. This atlas is very limited. A simple STD such as gonorrhea, and some forms of tumors are not included in this book. Its ok for an amateur to purchase, but professionals should not buy this book or at lease not rely on this atlas. On the positive side the book does give explanations and descriptions of what the lesion is such as location, color etc. It also has a SELF-ASSESSMENT QUIZ on appendix IV with 20 questions to test your knowledge. Don't waste your time buying this atlas unless you can't find something better.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars well organized, excellent layout, February 18, 2007

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K. Cohan (Golden, Colorado United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Color Atlas of Common Oral Diseases (Paperback)

This atlas has the advantage of having sections based on the appearance of the lesions, thus giving you an easy way to look at a group of lesions as you are narrowing down your diagnosis. Each named lesion has a heading for description, etiology, typical visual clues, the differential diagnosis, diagnostic steps, treatment recommendations, suggested follow-up, clincial significance, and other useful clinical information. The photographs are clear and very descriptive.

Overall, this is an excellent reference text and it has the advantage of being remarkably reasonably priced considering the rest of the available options. It is also more user friendly and better organized as well. The spiral binding makes it easy to keep the book open while using it, and there are tabbed reference pages for the start of each section; the sections are white lesions, red lesions, ulcerated lesions, blistering/sloughing lesions, pigmented lesions, papillary lesions, and soft tissue enlargements. I returned the atlas that was required for my dental hygiene oral pathology class, and bought this one instead since it is the superior choice.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Color Atlas of Common Oral Diseases, November 3, 2009

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Michelle Hicks "searcher" (Ohio, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Color Atlas of Common Oral Diseases (Paperback)

This revision has better picture quality, still has well written descriptions and continues to be very useful in the operatory.