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This volume for dental students covers the universally followed dental curriculum guidelines. It deals with oro-facial diseases that are essentially managed by non-invasive methods. General topics include those on halitosis, xerostomia, oro-facial pain, temporomandibular disorder, and non-neoplastic salivary gland diseases. Also discussed in sufficient detail are topics on mucosal ulcers, vesicles, white patches, red lesions, pigmented lesions, oral mucosal infections, viral hepatitis, AIDS, and oral cancer.The Textbook of Oral Medicine is primarily for undergraduate students of dentistry, who have achieved a satisfactory level of competency in the diagnostic skills during their introductory clinical years of the dental training programme.