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, and Section 5 deals with the tropical experience of the universally occurring oral diseases, dental caries and periodontal diseases.

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