Clinical Oral Anatomy : A Comprehensive Review for Dental Practitioners and Researchers

This superbly illustrated book presents the most current and comprehensive review of oral anatomy for clinicians and researchers alike. In 26 chapters, the reader is taken on a unique anatomical journey, starting with the oral fissure, continuing via the maxilla and mandible to the tongue and floor of the mouth, and concluding with the temporomandibular joint and masticatory muscles. Each chapter offers a detailed description of the relevant anatomical structures and their spatial relationships, provides quantitative morphological assessments, and explains the relevance of the region for clinical dentistry. All dental health care professionals require a sound knowledge of anatomy for the purposes of diagnostics, treatment planning, and therapeutic intervention. A full understanding of the relationship between anatomy and clinical practice is the ultimate objective, and this book will enable the reader to achieve such understanding as the basis for provision of the best possible treatment for each individual patient as well as recognition and comprehension of unexpected clinical findings. Front Matter....Pages i-xxvi Introduction....Pages 1-2 Oral Fissure and Lips....Pages 3-14 Vestibule and Cheeks....Pages 15-27 Parotid Glands....Pages 29-45 Anterior Maxilla....Pages 47-70 Infraorbital Region....Pages 71-102 Nasopalatine Canal....Pages 103-131 Posterior Maxilla....Pages 133-162 Maxillary Sinus....Pages 163-197 Hard and Soft Palate....Pages 199-227 Infratemporal Fossa....Pages 229-249 Pterygopalatine Fossa....Pages 251-270 Retromandibular Area....Pages 271-284 Posterior Mandible....Pages 285-303 Mandibular Foramen....Pages 305-322 Mandibular Canal....Pages 323-368 Retromolar Canal....Pages 369-383 Mental Foramen....Pages 385-411 Lingual and Mylohyoid Nerves....Pages 413-427 Anterior Mandible....Pages 429-443 Mandibular Incisive Canal....Pages 445-461 Lingual Foramina and Canals....Pages 463-487 Tongue....Pages 489-506 Floor of Mouth....Pages 507-524 Temporomandibular Joint....Pages 525-534 Masticatory Muscles....Pages 535-554 Back Matter....Pages 555-561 Thomas Von Arx, Scott Lozanoff. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.