Textbook of Oral Medicine, 6/E for BDS with Free One Stop Resource Book for All Your Exam Needs | 500+ Clinical photographs and algorithms: 1

Textbook of Oral Medicine, 6th Edition is a comprehensive, clinically oriented guide to oral diagnosis and patient care from Anil Govindrao Ghom and Savita Anil Ghom (Lodam) - a text trusted by dental students and clinicians for over 20 years. Structured across 9 sections and 45 chapters, it spans the full breadth of oral medicine and radiology: basics and case history, developmental disturbances, diseases of teeth and periodontium, cysts and tumors of the head and neck, infectious diseases of the oral cavity, diseases of oral structures, mucocutaneous diseases, systemic and metabolic conditions, and miscellaneous topics including orofacial pain, medical emergencies, psychological disorders, geriatric dentistry and forensic dentistry. Every chapter follows a consistent, exam-oriented format built around colour-coded headers - Etiology, a highlighted Clinical Features box, Radiographic Features, Diagnosis and Differential Diagnosis, and Management - so readers move directly from disease recognition to clinical decision-making. Diagnostic pathways are mapped out as step-by-step flowcharts, such as the 12-stage pathogenesis of periapical abscess, and comparison tables condense predisposing factors, staging and differential points for fast revision. Who This Book Is For: BDS Students: covers the complete undergraduate Oral Medicine and Radiology curriculum chapter by chapter, from case history and chairside investigations through to forensic dentistry. MDS Students: depth of coverage across cysts, tumors, salivary gland disorders, TMJ disorders and oral manifestations of systemic disease supports postgraduate-level study and clinical reasoning. Practicing Dentists: works as a chairside diagnostic reference for differential diagnosis, radiographic interpretation and evidence-based management planning. Why This Book Helps: Turns diagnosis into a repeatable process: the same Etiology, Clinical Features, Radiographic Features, Diagnosis and Management sequence runs through all 45 chapters, training students to work up any oral lesion the same structured way. Visual diagnostic algorithms: flowcharts break disease pathogenesis and management pathways into clear decision steps instead of dense prose. Exam-focused without cutting clinical depth: revision-friendly Clinical Features boxes and comparison tables sit alongside full differential-diagnosis and management discussion. One purchase, two books: comes bundled with the free companion booklet 'One Stop Resource for All Your Exam Needs in Oral Medicine' - quick revision points, scenario-based MCQs and important-points summaries for last-mile exam preparation. Key Features: 45 chapters across 9 sections, covering everything from case history and chairside investigations to cysts, tumors, TMJ disorders, salivary gland disease, oral manifestations of systemic conditions, orofacial pain, medical emergencies and forensic dentistry. 500+ clinical and radiographic photographs, plus step-by-step diagnostic and management algorithms and flowcharts. Free companion booklet 'One Stop Resource for All Your Exam Needs in Oral Medicine' with scenario-based MCQs, quick revision points and important-points-to-remember summaries. Includes access to the 'Dr. Wise' AI chatbot (access code inside) for additional exam-style Q&A learning. Chapter-consistent Clinical Features boxes, radiographic-feature discussion and comparison/reference tables (e.g. predisposing-factor and pathogenesis-staging tables) for fast exam revision. Read more