Main description:

This well-organized, descriptive, and detailed textbook includes recent advances, genetic and molecular aspects are given in coloured boxes for quick reference. A large number of descriptive photomicrographs, diagrams and flowcharts have been added, as well as comparison tables and a glossary for easy reference.

Includes a chapter on stem cells due to its recent rise in importance.
Contributions by outstanding academicians from India and abroad.
Written primarily for undergraduate and postgraduate dental students.

Contents:

Chapter 1: Overview of Oral Tissues

Chapter 2: General Embryology

Chapter 3: Development of Face, Palate and Tongue

Chapter 4: Development of Tooth

Chapter 5: Enamel

Chapter 6: Dentin

Chapter 7: Pulp

Chapter 8: Cementum

Chapter 9: Periodontal Ligament

Chapter 10: Alveolar Bone

Chapter 11: Tooth Eruption

Chapter 12: Shedding

Chapter 13: Oral Mucous Membrane

Chapter 14: Salivary Glands

Chapter 15: Temporomandibular Joint

Chapter 16: Maxillary Sinus

Chapter 17: Lymphatics of Orofacial Region

Chapter 18: Age Changes in Oral Tissues

Chapter 19: Stem Cells

Chapter 20: Evolution of Jaws and Teeth

Chapter 21: Tissue Processing for Histological Examination

Chapter 22: Histochemistry of Oral Tissues

Appendix

Index