Fundamentals of Periodontology and Oral Implantology (3^rd Ed.)

Fundamentals of Periodontology and Oral Implantology, 3e written by leading authorities in the subject of Periodontology in the country, will cater to the needs of the 4th year undergraduate students. It would also be useful for postgraduate dental students, dental hygienists and private practitioners. This comprehensive text guides all the essentials in the field of periodontology including aetiopathogenesis, diagnosis and management of periodontal diseases at all stages of severity and in combination with other phases of dental care.

• Extensively revised with the most recent advances in periodontology and implantology
• Case based scenarios are provided at the end of relevant chapters for application of clinical knowledge gained from the chapters
• Important Key Points are summarized at the end of each chapter for quick revision
• Presented in a student-friendly format with more line diagrams, high quality clinical pictures, radiographs, tables, flowcharts and boxes for better understanding of the subject
• Emphasizes on understanding the clinical phenomena in terms of underlying tissue changes, thereby, correlating basic sciences with clinical aspects of periodontal disease and the various therapeutic measures currently in use
• Includes completely updated chs like Cementum, Dental plaque, Clinical features of gingivitis, Role of iatrogenic and other local factors in periodontal disease, Periodontal instrumentation, Plaque control, Periodontal flap surgery, Peri-implantitis

• 15 Educational videos as digital resource on www.medenact.com
• Case- based scenarios provided in relevant chs for bridging the gap between theory and practice
• Clinical Aspect of learned concepts emphasized with addition of more than 200 new line arts
• Viva-voce and MCQ with answers given for all the chapters provided to recapitulate learnt concepts
• Elaborate material on Case history recording and clinical examination provided in chapter on Clinical Diagnosis

SECTION I: Tissues of the periodontium

1 Gingiva

2 Periodontal ligament

3 Cementum

4 Alveolar bone

5 Age-related changes in the periodontium

6 Classification of periodontal diseases

7 Epidemiology of periodontal diseases

8 Dental plaque and microorganisms associated with periodontal health and disease

9 Host response: Basic concepts

10 Host-microbe interaction in periodontal disease

11 Dental calculus

12 Smoking and the periodontium

13 Trauma from occlusion and its therapy

14 Role of iatrogenic and other local factors in periodontal disease

15 Systemic diseases and periodontium

16 Periodontal medicine

17 Role of genetics in periodontal therapy

18 Defence mechanisms of the gingiva

19 Gingival inflammation

20 Clinical features of gingivitis

21 Gingival enlargement

22 Acute gingival infections

23 Desquamative gingivitis

24 Periodontal diseases in childhood and adolescents

25 Periodontal pocket

26 Bone loss in periodontal disease

27 Periodontitis: chronic, refractory, and necrotizing ulcerative

28 Aggressive periodontitis

29 Periodontal abscess

30 AIDS and periodontium

31 Halitosis

32 Clinical diagnosis

33 Role of radiology in the diagnosis of periodontal diseases

34 Advanced diagnostic methods

35 Determination of prognosis

36 Periodontal treatment plan

37 Treatment of periodontal diseases in medically compromised patients

38 Risk assessment

53 Periodontal plastic and aesthetic surgery

54 Recent advances in periodontal surgical techniques

55 Periodontal considerations in restorative dentistry

56 Ortho-perio inter-relationships

57 Infection control

58 Supportive periodontal treatment

59 Biological aspects of dental implants

60 Diagnosis and treatment planning in implantology

63 Peri-implantitis