Oral Medicine Dictionary

Author: Wang Hanzhang, Editor-in-Chief
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Publishing Date: 2005-09-01
Features: This dictionary is a comprehensive professional toolbook for oral medicine. It includes fundamental disciplines of oral medicine, such as oral anatomy, oral physiology, oral biology, oral biochemistry, oral histology and embryology, oral pathology, occlusion, oral microbiology, oral pharmacology, and clinical disciplines such as oral diagnostics, cariology, pulp and periapical diseases, periodontics, oral mucosal diseases, oral manifestations of systemic diseases, operative dentistry, fixed prosthodontics, removable prosthodontics, orthodontics, dental implantology, temporomandibular joint disorders, salivary gland diseases, oral and maxillofacial nerve diseases, dental and extraoral surgery, oral and maxillofacial infections, oral and maxillofacial oncology, maxillofacial trauma, oral and maxillofacial reconstructive surgery, orthognathic surgery, oral radiology, oral preventive medicine, and oral nursing. Additionally, it covers closely related content such as oral pharmaceuticals, materials, instruments, equipment, and aesthetics. For the convenience of readers and to save lookup time, the main text is arranged in alphabetical order by the Pinyin of Chinese terms. At the end of the book, there are appendices including English-Chinese oral medical vocabulary, English-Chinese common oral medical abbreviations, and a stroke index of entries. Each entry is accompanied by an English term, making this book valuable for both Chinese-English and English-Chinese oral medical terminology. The dictionary primarily includes common nouns and terms, excluding adjectives, while also ensuring a certain level of coverage and maintaining the principles of being comprehensive, up-to-date, and concise. It collects, organizes, and inputs approximately 3,000 entries.