Product Description
Research is challenging our traditional approaches to treatment needs by emphasizing the wide variation in individual susceptibility to periodontal diseases and tooth loss. Epidemiological and laboratory studies have provided valuable information concerning the influence of genetics and host response mechanisms in this context.
This text combines the expertise of the researcher and that of the clinician in reviewing our current concepts of periodontal diseases, discussing many of the influences that play a part in their development, and examining the changes in treatment strategies for their effective clinical management. It provides a clear overview of techniques, and students, clinicians and dental specialists in periodontics and restorative dentistry will find this an invaluable reference in their clinical practice.
About the Author
Peter N. Galgut BDS, MPhil, MRDRCS is Senior Research Fellow, Eastman Dental Institute for Oral Health Care Sciences, University of London and Private Practice Limited to Periodontics, London, UK.
Sherie A. Dowsett BChD, FDSRCS is Research Associate in Oral Biology, Indiana School of Dentistry, Indianapolis, USA.
Michael J. Kowolik BDS, PhD, FDSRCS is Professor of Periodontology and Oral Biology and Director of Graduate Research, Indiana School of Dentistry, Indianapolis, USA.