title: Update from the 4th Edition of the World Health Organization Classification of Head and Neck Tumours: Odontogenic and Maxillofacial Bone Tumors.
abstract: The 4th edition of the World Health Organization's Classification of Head and Neck Tumours was published in January of 2017. This article provides a summary of the changes to Chapter 4 Tumours of the oral cavity and mobile tongue and Chapter 8 Odontogenic and maxillofacial bone tumours. Odontogenic cysts which were eliminated from the 3rd 2005 edition were included in the 4th edition as well as other unique allied conditons of the jaws. Many new tumors published since 2005 have been included in the 2017 classification.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Sciences, Texas A&M University, School of Dentistry, 3302 Gaston Ave, Dallas, TX, 75246, USA. jwright@tamhsc.edu.
authors.forename: John M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Wright
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Pathology and Oral Medicine, School of Dental Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.|Institute of Pathology, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Ramat Gan, Israel.
authors.forename: Marilena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vered
mesh_terms: D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000145:classification* / Q000473:pathology; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000145:classification* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D009808:Odontogenic Tumors / Q000145:classification* / Q000473:pathology; D014944:World Health Organization
keywords: Gnathic bone tumors; Gnathic conditions; Odontogenic cysts; Update on WHO Classification of odontogenic tumors; WHO Classification; odontogenic tumors