Stephen T. Sonis

Offering practical tips and expert answers to topics in dentistry, oral medicine, and patient management, Dental Secrets, 5th Edition serves as an ideal preparation tool for exams, clinical rotations, and board certification. A concise, illustrated Q&A format covers key areas such as oral pathology, radiology, periodontology, endodontics, restorative dentistry, prosthodontics, orthodontics, infection control, and oral and maxillofacial surgery. This mini reference makes it easier to prepare for real-world clinical scenarios and review for the INBDE and other certification exams! Dentistry's best "secrets" are shared by experts specializing in various areas of dentistry and oral medicine. Concise answers to more than 2,000 questions in dentistry and oral medicine provide valuable pearls, tips, memory aids, and "secrets" in an easy-to-read, numbered format. More than 100 illustrations, tables, and boxes highlight key takeaways. NEW! Brand-new chapter reveals "secrets" surrounding orofacial pain. NEW! Questions and examples are prepared with the new INDBE exam content in mind. NEW! A new group of contributing authors and a new co-editor - all leaders in the field of dentistry - bring a fresh perspective and valuable expertise to the text. NEW! An enhanced eBook, included with print purchase, provides access to all the text, figures, and references, plus the ability to search, customize content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud. UPDATED! Fresh revisions with the most current clinical information keep students, practitioners, and those preparing for recertification up to date on key advances in the practice of dentistry.

Treatment tolerance is a challenge for most cancer patients, and it is therefore essential that healthcare professionals (HCP) are quick to recognize adverse events and implement management strategies to address them. This pocket book provides an in-depth guide to the epidemiology, diagnosis and management of oral mucositis, a common adverse event of chemotherapy.

Using the popular question and answer format of The Secrets Series, this helpful mini reference offers practical tips, answers, and secrets from experts specializing in various areas of oral medicine. The evaluation, management, diagnosis, and treatment of various oral diseases arecovered. Topics include cardiovascular disease, bacterial endocarditis, endocrine disease, pregnancy, pulmonary disease, gastrointestinal disease, neurologic disease, diseases of the salivary glands and much more. Chapters on oral cancer detection and management as well as the pharmacology of drugs used in dentistry are also included.The content of all chapters has been updated and revised Follows question and answer format of The Secrets Series Includes 200 illustrations depicting the various entities discussed Serves as a useful resource for dental students and practicing dentists Contributing authors are a diverse mix of specialists in the field of oral medicine