Periodontitis is an inflammatory disease of bacterial origin that results in the progressive destruction of the tissue that supports the teeth, specifically the gingiva, periodontal ligament and th...
Dental biofilm is a complex, organized microbial community that is the primary etiologic factor for the most frequently occurring oral diseases such as, dental caries, periodontal diseases, and end...
Orthodontics is an extraordinarily complex form of treatment that affects not only the teeth and their surrounding tissues, but also the extra oral tissues and systemic health of the patient.The or...
Recent advances in laser technology and research into its potential have set the stage for a revolution in dental practice.Laser technology allows the dentist to perform micro dentistry, removing o...
Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) has been referred to in the medical literature for centuries. Trigeminal neuralgia is the most common neurologic cause of facial pain. The first step is to make the correc...
Oral and dental health has a strong influence on quality of life as it affects physical, social and psychological wellness of human beings.There is a significant enhancement in the identification ...
The regeneration of the periodontium can be distinguished from many other regenerative processes because of the periodontium's extremely limited endogenous regenerative capability. Additionally, re...
Implant failure is a result of a multifactorial process. Dental implants failures can be attributed to many reasons through the different stages of treatment. Implant failure can occur right from t...
Allergic reactions are becoming prevalent in the general population and the materials used for dental filling, orthodontic instruments etc must satisfy the biocompatibility specifications since the...
Botulinum toxin, also called as a "miracle poison" is the most potent biological toxin.It has become a powerful therapeutic tool in the field of medicine and various uses of this toxin in dentistry...
All prosthodontists are aware of the basic objectives of prosthodontic therapy. A comfortable, cosmetically acceptable prosthesis that restores the impaired physiologic activities of speech, deglut...
In denture fabrication, the impression techniques and materials used vary depending on the condition of the oral cavity and the dentist's perspective on impression making. Impression techniques mus...
The aim of this book is to introduce the new treatment option for newborns delivered from mother with PPROM and PROM. The morbidity and mortality is higher in newborns delivered from mothers with P...
The aim of this book is to introduce the new treatment option for newborns delivered from mother with PPROM and PROM. The morbidity and mortality is higher in newborns delivered from mothers with P...
Moderate sedation is a drug-induced depression of consciousness during which a patient responds purposefully to verbal commands, either alone or accompanied by physical stimulation. No intervention...
Synthetic Corticosteroids or steroids since the early 1940s have been developed for their anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory effects. Dental patients with the history of corticosteroid usage ma...
Our understanding of the pathogenic mechanisms and possible treatments of autoimmune diseases has significantly increased over the past decade. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic autoimmune di...
Diagnostic pathology is indeed so vast, that a binocular vision is often needed to unravel the mystery of the many concurrent interactions occurring at different sites of the lesional tissue. Immun...
Removable prosthodontics is that branch of prosthodontics that deals with the replacement of lost teeth and contiguous soft tissue structures for edentulous or partially edentulous patients by arti...
The main incentive of the research presented in this book was to obtain an antimicrobial glass-ionomer cement (GIC), which would have all the features of glass ionomer cements, and would also have ...