Clinical Problem Solving in Periodontology and Implantology

Clinical Problem Solving in Periodontics and Implantology - a new title in the successful Churchill Livingstone’s Clinical Problem Solving in Dentistry series - provides a highly visual step-by-step guide to the practical management of a wide variety of clinical problems commonly seen in practice. Containing over 400 high-quality photographs, many in full colour, the book is written in an easy-to read ‘how to’ style and contains a large number of real life clinical cases carefully presented to maximise learning outcomes for the reader. Covering the core aspects of practice, Clinical Problem Solving in Periodontics and Implantology will be of value to all undergraduate dental students and those embarking on post-graduate training in periodontology and implantology. By Francis J. Hughes, BDS, PhD, FDS RCS, Professor of Periodontology, King’s College London Dental Institute, and Honorary Consultant in Restorative Dentistry, Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Trust, London, UK; Kevin G. Seymour, BDS, MSc, PhD, MRD, DRD, MFGDP, FHEA, Professor of Periodontology, University of Manchester, Dental School , Manchester, UK; Wendy Turner, BDS, FDS RCS(Eng), FDS (Rest Dent) RCS (Eng), Senior Lecturer in Periodontology and Honorary Consultant in Restorative Dentistry, Institute of Dentistry, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, UK; Shakeel Shahdad, BDS, MMedSc, FDS RCS(Ed), FDS(RestDent) RCS(Ed), Consultant in Restorative Dentistry, Institute of Dentistry, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, UK and Francis Nohl, MBBS, BDS, FDSRCS, MRD, MSc, DDS, Consultant in Restorative Dentistry and Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Newcastle, UK Table of Contents: SECTION 1 PERIODONTAL ASSESSMENT AND DIAGNOSIS 1 Periodontal assessment 2 Classification of periodontal diseases 3 Periodontal diagnosis - systemic factors 4 Periodontal diagnosis - risk factor assessment 5 Is it periodontal disease? Other conditions affecting the periodontal tissues SECTION 2 PERIODONTAL TREATMENT 6 Initial treatment planning 7 Behaviour change: plaque control and smoking cessation 8 Non-surgical treatment 9 Reassessment - time for decision-making 10 Surgical treatment of periodontal pocketing 11 Other surgical procedures 12 Periodontal regeneration 13 Local and systemic antimicrobial agents 14 Gingival recession 15 Postoperative care and periodontal maintenance therapy SECTION 3 INTRODUCTION TO DENTAL IMPLANTOLOGY 16 Indications for dental implant treatment 17 Assessing the patient for implant placement 18 Treatment planning 19 Surgical placement 1 20 Surgical placement 2 21 Restorative options in implant dentistry 22 Implant failures