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Oral medicine -- update for the dental practitioner: dry mouth and disorders of salivation.

Scully C, Felix DH

Eastman Dental Institute for Oral Health Care Sciences, 256 Gray's Inn Road, UCL, University of London, London WC1X 8LD, UK. c.scully@eastman.ucl.ac.uk

This series provides an overview of current thinking in the more relevant areas of oral medicine for primary care practitioners, written by the authors while they were holding the Presidencies of the European Association for Oral Medicine and the British Society for Oral Medicine, respectively. A book containing additional material will be published. The series gives the detail necessary to assist the primary dental clinical team caring for patients with oral complaints that may be seen in general dental practice. Space precludes inclusion of illustrations of uncommon or rare disorders, or discussion of disorders affecting the hard tissues. Approaching the subject mainly by the symptomatic approach -- as it largely relates to the presenting complaint -- was considered to be a more helpful approach for GDPs rather than taking a diagnostic category approach. The clinical aspects of the relevant disorders are discussed, including a brief overview of the aetiology, detail on the clinical features and how the diagnosis is made. Guidance on management and when to refer is also provided, along with relevant websites which offer further detail.

Published 10 October 2005 in Br Dent J, 199(7): 423-7.
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