Scope of the Series

The major pathologies which dentists encounter in clinical practice include dental caries and periodontal diseases. Diagnosis and treatment of these pathologies is essential because when untreated, abscess could occur and it can even lead to the extraction of the tooth. Extracted teeth can be replaced with implants. Dentists and patients are nowadays more familiar with dental implant treatments. As a result, advanced diagnostic tools which aid in pre-operative treatment planning (conebeam computed tomography, computer aided implant planning etc..), new implant designs improving the success of osteointegration, new materials, and techniques are introduced in the dental market.

Conditions which dentists frequently encounter in their clinical practice are temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disorders. These disorders include degenerative musculoskeletal conditions associated with morphological and functional deformities. Accurate diagnosis is important for proper management of TMJ pathologies. With

the advance in technology, new materials, techniques and equipment are introduced in the dental practice. New diagnostic aids in dental caries detection, cone-beam computed tomographic imaging, soft and hard tissue lasers, advances in oral and maxillofacial surgery procedures, uses of ultrasound, CAD/CAM, nanotechnology, plasma rich protein (PRP) and dental implantology are some of them. There will be even more new applications in dentistry in the future.

Contents

**Section 1**

**Section 2**

**Section 3**

*by Nermin Yussif*

Pathogenesis of Periodontal Disease

*and Lizbeth Díaz-Alfaro*

**Preface III**

Pathogenesis of Periodontal Diseases **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

How to Diagnose Periodontal Diseases **17**

**Chapter 2 19**

**Chapter 3 41**

**Chapter 4 49**

Adjunctive Non-surgical Aids for Management of Periodontal Problems **67**

**Chapter 5 69**

Oral Mesotherapy: Might Be Considered as An Adjunctive Technique for the

Role of Radiographic Evolution: An Aid to Diagnose Periodontal Disease

*by José Luis Muñoz-Carrillo, Viridiana Elizabeth Hernández-Reyes, Oscar Eduardo García-Huerta, Francisca Chávez-Ruvalcaba, María Isabel Chávez-Ruvalcaba, Karla Mariana Chávez-Ruvalcaba* 

Use of Biomarkers for the Diagnosis of Periodontitis *by Javier González-Ramírez, Nicolás Serafín-Higuera,* 

*Jesús Famanía-Bustamante and Ana Laura López López*

Genetic Biomarkers in Periodontal Disease Diagnosis *by Gurumoorthy Kaarthikeyan and Swarna Meenakshi*

*by Krishna Kripal and Aiswarya Dileep*

Different Surgical Procedures?

*Marina Concepción Silva Mancilla, Gustavo Martínez-Coronilla,* 

This book series includes topics related to dental caries, dentomaxillofacial imaging, new trends in oral implantology, new approaches in oral and maxillofacial surgery, temporomandibular joint disorders in dentistry etc.
