Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology: A Rationale for Diagnosis and Treatment Doody's Expert Review Review Questionnaire ISBN: 9780867153903 ISBN-10: 0867153903 Copyright: 2003 Edition: 1st Authors: Marx, Robert E., Stern, Diane, Doody's Expert Review    Score: 88 Doody's Star Rating™ and Doody's Expert Review provide by Doody Enterprises, Inc. Reviewer: Rodrigue Barakat,  DMD  (Loyola University Medical Center) Description This is a book covering oral and maxillofacial pathology, written by a surgeon and a pathologist. Although the information provided is at times different from the general consensus, the author discusses his reasoning for doing so. Purpose The purpose is to cover oral and maxillofacial pathology, including etiology, presentation, demographics, histology, and treatment. Audience The book is directed towards surgeons involved in the treatment of maxillofacial pathology as well as pathologists involved in the diagnosis of maxillofacial pathology. Features The book contains quality color images, for the most part, and covers the current method of diagnosis and treatment of the different types of pathologies. Since it is written by a surgeon and an oral pathologist, the book provides readers with the information expected in a pathology book with the addition of proposed current treatments, both medical and surgical. It presents a new classification in an attempt to eliminate complicated classification and it changes the terminology of certain pathologies, making the name more representative of the described pathology. It also contains a nice section dedicated to the general principles of tumor management and reconstruction of defects from ablative surgery. The book also contains discussions of the etiology of multiple diseases, which many times are supplemented by color diagrams. Assessment This book is complete and well written. The downside of this book is its large size, making it difficult to carry around. The information provided is of excellent quality, is innovative and facilitates the complicated classification of maxillofacial pathologies. Review Questionnaire Range Question Score 1-10 Are the author's objectives met? 10 1-10 Rate the worthiness of those objectives. 10 1-5 Is this written at an appropriate level? 5 1-5 Is there significant duplication? (1=significant, 5=insignificant) 4 1-5 Are there significant omissions? (1=significant, 5=insignificant) 4 1-5 Rate the authority of the authors. 5 1-5 Are there sufficient illustrations? 5 1-5 Rate the pedagogic value of the illustrations. 4 1-5 Rate the print quality of the illustrations. 4 1-5 Are there sufficient references? 3 1-5 Rate the currency of the references. 4 1-5 Rate the pertinence of the references. 4 1-5 Rate the helpfulness of the index. 4 1-5 If important in this specialty, rate the physical appearance of the book 4 1-10 Is this a worthwhile contribution to the field? 10 1-10 If this is a 2nd or later edition, is this new edition needed? N/A ©2010 Doody Enterprises, Inc.