Univ. of Texas, San Antonio. Atlas features more than 600 high-quality color photographs of the most commonly seen oral problems. The excellence of these illustrations show the subtle differences between similar lesions and help the reader to arrive at faster, accurate diagnoses. Previous edition: c1998. Softcover. DNLM: Mouth Diseases--pathology--Atlases.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
well organized, excellent layout:
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... more info
Good pictures:
There are a lot of very helpful pictures and the summaries are good.
Textbook:
It was exactly what i needed for school, in great condition. Great color photos!!
Excellent and very useful:
I'm in family medicine and encounter oral pathology on a regular basis. This book can't be beat for the purpose of recognition and diagnosis of oral diseases. Excellent photographs and explanations cover the full gamut of pathology likely to be encountered, and arranged according to useful diagnostic schemes - by type, color, location, etc. Even contains an extensive quiz at the end to test your mastery. I liked it so much I bought another one for my dental hygienist wife (who also loves it).
