Oral Diseases in the Tropics

Description

This book is a complete guide to oral diseases common in tropical environments.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Key Features

• Presents the full range of oral diseases encountered in the tropics
• Fills a long-felt need in dental and medical literature with 70 international experts contributing to 61 chapters
• Includes the following specialities-oral pathology, oral medicine, oral biology, oral immunology, oral and maxillofacial surgery, dermatology, plastic surgery, cancer research, general medicine, epidemiology, microbiology, tropical diseases and their geographical extent
• Emphasizes those diseases that are common in the tropic or those diseases that exhibit features which reflect the tropical
• Presents a systematic and thorough source of information divided into five sections:
  • Section 1 deals with general disease trends in the tropical regions;
  • Section 2 discusses anthropological and cultural aspects of oral diseases in the tropics
  • Section 3 deals with tropical diseases and their oral manifestations
  • Section 4 deals with oral and salivary gland neoplastic diseases in the tropics
  • Section 5 deals with the tropical experience of the universally occurring oral diseases, dental caries and periodontal diseases.

Table of Contents

1. SECTION 1: Health and Disease in the Tropics
   1. The Tropical Environment
   2. The Epidemiology of Health and Disease in the Tropics
   3. The Science of Epidemiology
2. SECTION 2: Anthropological, Environmental, and
   1. Cultural Aspects of Tropical Oral Health
   2. Physical Growth and Adaptation in the Tropics with Special Reference to the Craniofacial Structures
   3. Anthropological Aspects of Dental Morphology with Special Reference to Tropical Populations
   4. Variability of Occlusal Traits in Tropical Populations
   5. Endemic Dental Fluorosis
   6. Disorders due to Tropical Climates
   7. Traditional, Cultural, and Ritual Practices Involving the Teeth and Orofacial Soft Tissues
3. SECTION 3: Tropical Diseases and their Oral Manifestations
   1. Infectious Diseases in the Tropics
   2. Helminthic Diseases
   3. Protozoal Infections
   4. Fungal Infections
   5. Bacterial Infections due to Cocci
   6. Bacterial Infections due to Mycobacteria
   7. Bacterial Infections due to Spirochetes
   8. Bacterial Infections due to Actinomyces and Nocardia
   9. Bacterial Infections due to Corynebacteria
   10. Bacterial Infections due to Clostridia
   11. Bacterial Infections due to Enterobacteriaceae and Vibrio
   12. Bacterial Infections due to Yersinia and Francisella
   13. Bacterial Infections due to Haemophilus, Bordetella, and Brucella
   14. Bacterial Infections due to Pseudomonas
   15. Bacterial Infections due to Rickettsia and Chlamydia
   16. Bacterial Infections due to Mycoplasma
   17. Mixed Bacterial Infections of Oral Tissues: Fusospirochetal Diseases
   18. Viral Infections
   19. Miscellaneous Infections and Other Diseases of Tropical Interest
   20. Noninfectious Diseases in the Tropics
   21. Nutritional Diseases in the Tropics
   22. Anemias in the Tropics
   23. Hemoglobinopathies and Thalassemias in the Tropics
   24. Bleeding Disorders of Tropical Interest
   25. Endocrine Disorders in the Tropics
4. SECTION 4: Oral and Salivary Gland Neoplasms in Tropical Populations
   1. Odontogenic Neoplasms and Hamartomas
   2. Benign Neoplasms and Tumor-like Lesions of the Oral Soft Tissues
   3. Benign Neoplasms of the Jaw-bones
   4. Oral Precancerous Lesions and Conditions of Tropical Interest
   5. Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma
   6. Burkitt’s Lymphoma
   7. Malignant Neoplasms of the Oral Soft Tissues
   8. Malignant Neoplasms of the Jawbones Including those Metastatic to the Region
   9. Salivary Gland Neoplasms
   10. The Leukemias
   11. Experimental Aspects of Oral Carcinogenesis
   12. The Immunology of Oral Cancer
   13. Current Concepts in the Management of Oral Cancer
5. SECTION 5: Other Oral and Dental Diseases in the Tropics
   1. Clefts of the Maxillofacial Skeleton
   2. Craniofacial Anomalies of Genetic Origin
   3. Developmental Disorders of the Teeth
   4. Dental Caries
   5. Disease Dynamics of the Dentin, Pulp, and Periapical Tissues
   6. Inflammatory Periodontal Diseases
   7. Developmental Anomalies of Oral Soft Tissues
   8. Nonmicrobial Inflammatory Oral Mucosal Lesions
   9. Connective Tissue Hyperplasias of the Mucosa
   10. Non-neoplastic Disorders of the Salivary Glands
   11. Odontogenic Infections of the Jawbones and Related Structures
   12. Developmental and Inflammatory Cysts of the Jaws
   13. Fibro-osseous and Other Lesions of the Jawbones
   14. Diseases and Disorders of the Temporomandibular Joint
   15. Maxillofacial Injuries
   16. Forensic Odontology
6. APPENDICES
   1. Appendix A. Advice to Travellers to the Tropics
   2. Appendix B. Normal Reference Values of Interest to the Tropical Dental Practitioner