Koenig LJ, Tamimi DF, Petrikowski CG, Perschbacher SE. Diagnostic Imaging: Oral and Maxillofacial. 2nd ed. Elsevier; 2017; 1072 pp; 2500 ill; $339.00
Five years have passed since the first edition of Diagnostic Imaging: Oral and Maxillofacial was published. That edition has now been updated with this second edition; it is a larger book (over 1,000 pages), and while much of the material shown in the prior edition has been republished, some new material appears. Examples include a 53-page section on the cervical spine that covers developmental alterations, degenerative disorders, tumor and tumor-like conditions, fibro-osseous lesions, and tumoral calcinosis.
The purchase of this edition is recommended only for those who don’t already have a copy of the first edition. It covers virtually all of the abnormalities one would expect to encounter in the oral and maxillofacial regions. How the cervical spine snuck into a book with this title is a bit confounding, but consider it a bonus. The senior editor is (as for the prior edition) Dr. Lisa Koenig; she is a faculty member in the dental school at Marquette University, and 7 associate editors are likewise in schools of dentistry. Dr. Harnsberger is the diagnostic radiology editor, so one sees the usual, superior quality of diagnostic imaging, color drawings, and descriptive material from him and from other radiologists who contributed to this book. The book is divided into 3 major parts: anatomy, diagnoses, and differential diagnoses. Each consists of separate, well-defined chapters and makes looking up anatomy and diseases easy and straightforward. As we all know about this entire series, the layouts, graphics, and details in bullet point format make the material clear and digestible.
In the end, one recognizes there is more to the teeth, mandible, and maxilla than one imagined. Now when you look at a CT of the face/mandible/maxilla, you will give the teeth their due. This book will surely be one considered mandatory in all schools of dentistry, and for a neuroradiologist, it is a text that should be purchased or be readily accessible.
