Periodontics : a synopsis

'Periodontics: A Synopsis' is an essential text for senior undergraduate dental students, and postgraduates preparintg for Royal College diploma examinations.

It describes in a concise and straightforward style the features or periodontal disease and current methods of treatment.

Since it deals wtih the management of periodontal diseases from a biological basis and within a wider context of dental care, this book will also be a valuable reference guide to general dental hygiene.

This publication responds to the growing need for texts which present essential concepts in a way which makes them easily understoody by the reader.

Topics covered include: Normal structure and function, pathology aetiology, classification and epidemiology of the periodontal tissues.

The common clinical procedures which form the basis of periodontal disease management - plaque control, scaling, root planing, surgery and maintenance.

Special problems presented by early onset periodontitis, furcation disease, periodontal/pulpal lesions, gingival deficiency, implants adn occlusal trauma.

Chemical anitmicrobial therapy and periodontal regenerative technique