Journal of Orthodontics, Vol. 30, No. 1, 82,
March 2003
© 2003 British Orthodontic Society
Slide Interpretation In Oral Diseases
Crispian Scully Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1999 204 pp., Softback £24.95 ISBN: 0–19–263081–4
Shiona Rees
Slide Interpretation in Oral Diseases is a recent publication by C. Scully that is well worth reading. The field of oral medicine is comprehensively covered in the form of a series of colour photographs. The pictures are accompanied by a brief summary and a few questions. The questions are graded for undergraduate, postgraduate, and specialist use, and the answers given are comprehensive in scope, sometimes including other photographic examples of the diseases in question. The material in the book is divided helpfully into two parts. Diseases are arranged first by location and then by presentation. In each subsection of the location or presentation under discussion, there are 10 diseases presented followed by the answers given at the end of each subsection. The series of 10 photographs commences with diseases that are common and/or localized in the oral cavity, and progresses to rarer disorders and those oral manifestations of systemic disease. The book is most helpful in stimulating thought in the area of oral medicine and is aimed to be used in conjunction with standard oral medicine textbooks. The ordered layout of the book aids its use and I found the questions challenging and interesting. The book is a great way in to the study of oral diseases and encourages the reader to investigate more of this discipline.
