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Book Description

Outline of Periodontics has been fully revised and updated for the fourth edition, with the benefit of many new and improved illustrations to expand the text and give more clinical detail. The authors have taken great care to relate the theory of periodontics to the clinical practice. The section on scaling techniques has been expanded and improved, and there is also coverage of the effects of tobacco smoking on periodontal disease. Plus an updated and expanded section on antibiotic interactions with chemotherapeutic drugs, plus more information on the clinical features of AIDS.

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Contents

Preface to the fourth edition; Preface to the first edition; The periodontal tissues; The oral environment in health and disease; Host-parasite interaction; The aetiology of periodontal disease; Mechanisms of disease production; The effect of systemic factors on the periodontal tissues; Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS); The natural history of periodontal disease; Epidemiology of periodontal disease (the size of the problem); Prevention of peridontal disease; Clinical features of chronic periodontal disease; Diagnosis, prognosis and treatment plan; Diagnostic tests of disease activity; Basic treatment of chronic gingivitis and periodontitis; The chemotherapeutic approach to periodontal treatment; Surgical periodontal treatment; Management of bone defects and furcation involvement; Mucogingival problems and their treatment; The periodontal abscess; Early onset periodontitis; Acute and infectious lesions of the gingiva; Acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis; Epulides and tumours of the gingiva; Occlusion; Splinting; Dental implants and peri-implantology; The relationship between periodontal and restorative treatment; Index.