DESCRIPTION:
Veterinary Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology focuses on methods for establishing a diagnosis and set of differential diagnoses.
- Provides the only text dedicated solely to veterinary oral and maxillofacial pathology
- Guides the pathologist through the thought process of diagnosing oral and maxillofacial lesions
- Focuses on mammalian companion animals, including dogs, cats and horses, with some coverage of ruminants, camelids, and laboratory animal species
- Features access to video clips narrating the process of histological diagnosis on a companion website
CONTENTS:
1. A philosophical approach to establishing a diagnosis
2. Histological features of normal oral tissues
3. Tooth development (Odontogenesis)
4. Conditions and diseases of teeth
5. Inflammatory lesions of the oral mucosa and jaws
6. Trauma and physical injury
7. Odontogenic tumors
8. Tumors arising from the soft tissues
9. Tumors of the jaw
10. Tumor-like proliferative lesions of the oral mucosa and jaws
11. Odontogenic cysts
12. Lesions of the salivary gland
