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

Outcomes and Carcinogenesis

Interdisciplinary Periodontics

*and Kaushik Patnaik*

*and Anitha Mani*

**Preface XI**

**Chapter 1 1**

**Chapter 2 19**

**Chapter 3 49**

**Chapter 4 73**

**Chapter 5 89**

**Chapter 6 117**

**Chapter 7 137**

The Role of Osteoporosis as a Systemic Risk Factor for Periodontal Disease

The Complex Relationship of Periodontal Disease and Rheumatoid Arthritis *by Maria-Alexandra Martu, Elena Rezus, Diana Tatarciuc, Ionut Luchian, Irina-Georgeta Sufaru, George-Alexandru Maftei, Dorin Gheorghe, Liliana Pasarin, Sorina Mihaela Solomon and Liliana Georgeta Foia*

Periodontal Medicine: Impact of Periodontal Status on Pregnancy

*Corina Violeta Ionescu, Radu Marcel Chisnoiu, Marius Negucioiu, Mircea Viorel Ciurea, Dragos Alexandru Termure and Alexandra Roman*

*by Subash Chandra Raj, Shaheda Tabassum, Annuroopa Mahapatra* 

*by Shreya Kishore, Vanita Barai, Suvetha Siva and Keerthi Venkatesan*

*by Santo Grace Umesh, Lakshmi Ramachandran, Janani Karthikeyan* 

*by Silvia Martu, Irina-Georgeta Sufaru, Sorina-Mihaela Solomon, Ionut Luchian, Ioana Martu, Liliana Pasarin, Dora-Maria Popescu,* 

Orthodontic-Periodontics: An Interdisciplinary Approach

Genetics and Periodontal Disease: An Explicit Insight

*Maria-Alexandra Martu and Monica-Silvia Tatarciuc*

Periodontal Disease Associated with Genetic Disorders

*by Juan Wu, Wai Keung Leung and Weibin Sun*

*by Gabriela Valentina Caracostea, Alexandru Bucur, Iulia Cristina Micu, Andrada Soanca, Andreea Ciurea, Adriana Objelean, Ada Gabriela Delean,* 

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.
