000 01848nam a2200181 4500
020 _a9789386150554
050 _aRC 815
_bO673 2017
245 _aOral diseases in the tropics
260 _aNew Delhi
_bJaypee, The Health Sciences Publisher
_c2017
300 _axxii,775p.
520 _a<P>This book is a complete guide to oral diseases common in tropical environments.</p><p>Divided into five main sections, the book begins with an overview of the epidemiology of health and disease in the tropics, followed by anthropological and environmental factors affecting oral health in these regions.</p><p>The following section discusses the diagnosis and management of both infectious and non-infectious tropical diseases, including bacterial infections and their causes, and disorders due to poor nutrition, anaemia, and bleeding and endocrine problems.</p><p>Section four covers oral and salivary gland neoplasms and the final chapters describe numerous other oral and dental diseases in the tropics. An appendices section provides advice to travellers visiting tropical regions and normal reference values for practitioners.</p><p>Edited by an internationally recognised team of experts, predominantly from Australia, this comprehensive text is highly illustrated with more than 500 clinical images, diagrams and tables.</p><p><strong>Key Points</strong></p><ul><li>Comprehensive guide to oral diseases in tropical environments</li><li>Covers epidemiology, infectious and non-infectious tropical diseases, and neoplasms</li><li>Internationally recognised editor team</li><li>Highly illustrated with more than 500 clinical images, diagrams and tables</li></ul>
650 _a Mouth -- Diseases.
650 _a Tropical medicine.
650 _aOral manifestations of general diseases.
700 _aPrbhu SR
700 _aWilson DF
942 _cBK
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