Main description:

This series for final year undergraduate dental students includes eight clinical subjects: periodontics, operative dentistry and endodontics, paedodontics, prosthodontics, oral surgery, oral medicine and radiology, orthodontics, and community dentistry It covers the essential parts of each subject based on the entire syllabus so that students can quicky revise the subject.

Provides a complete outline for writing an essay type, a short answer type, or a viva voce type of questions.
Written in a simple language along with well-illustrated diagrams wherever possible.
Supported with a supplementary booklet for each subject containing three sections: definitions, classifications, and viva voce.

Contents:

Section 1 Periodontics

1. Gingiva

2. Periodontal Ligament

3. Alveolar Process

4. Cementum

5. Age-related Changes in Periodontium

6. Classification of Periodontal Diseases

7. Epidemiology of Gingival and Periodontal Diseases

8. Periodontal Microbiology

9. Dental Calculus and Iatrogenic Factors

10. Inflammation and Immunity

11. Microbial Interactions with the Host in Periodontal Diseases

12. Smoking and Periodontal Diseases

13. Host Modulation and Host Modulation Agents

14. Influence of Systemic Disorders and Stress on the Periodontium

15. Periodontal Medicine

16. Halitosis (Oral Malodour)

17. Defence Mechanism of Gingiva

18. Gingival Inflammation

19. Clinical Features of Gingivitis

20. Gingival Enlargement

21. Acute Gingival Infections

22. Gingival Diseases in Childhood

23. Desquamative Gingivitis

24. Periodontal Pocket

25. Bone Loss and Patterns of Bone Destruction

26. Trauma from Occlusion

27. Chronic Periodontitis

28. Necrotising Ulcerative Periodontitis

29. Aggressive Periodontitis

30. AIDS and Periodontium

31. Clinical Diagnosis

32. Radiographic Aids in the Diagnosis of Periodontal Diseases

33. Advanced Diagnostic Techniques

34. Risk Assessment

35. Prognosis

36. Rationale for Periodontal Treatment

37. Periodontal Treatment for Medically Compromised Patients

38. The Treatment Plan

39. Phase I Periodontal Therapy

40. Plaque Control

41. Scaling and Root Planing

42. Chemotherapeutic Agents

43. Sonic and Ultrasonic

44. Adjunctive Role of Orthodontic Therapy

45. Occlusal Evaluation and Therapy

46. Periodontic-Endodontic Continuum

47. Preparation of the Periodontium for Restorative Dentistry

48. Phase II Periodontal Therapy

49. General Principles of Periodontal Surgery

50. Gingival Surgical Techniques

51. Treatment of Gingival Enlargements

52. The Periodontal Flap

53. Flap Technique for Pocket Therapy

54. Resective Osseous Surgery

55. Reconstructive Periodontal Surgery

56. Furcation

57. Periodontal Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery

58. Recent Advances in Surgical Techniques

59. Dental Implants

60. Supportive Periodontal Therapy

Section 2 Recently Asked Questions

61. Recently Asked Questions