Main description:

This text is constructed within the context of modern concepts of bacteriology and pathogenicity, and integrates basic and applied aspects of oral microbiology to provide a cogent and comprehensive treatment of the subject.

Contents:

Section 1: General Principles of Oral Microbiology. 1. General Microbiology. Robert A. Burne. 2. The Immune System and Host Defense. P. M. Lydyard and M. F. Cole. 3. The Oral Environment. Frank A. Scannapieco. 4. Isolation, Classification, and Identification of Oral Microorganisms. Eugene J. Leys, Ann L. Griffen, Purnima S. Kumar, and Mark F. Maiden. 5. Oral Microbial Ecology. Howard F. Jenkinson and Richard J. Lamont. 6. Oral Microbial Physiology. Robert E. Marquis. 7. Genetics and Molecular Biology of Oral Microorganisms. Susan Kinder Haake and Donald J. LeBlanc. 8. Applied Molecular Biology and the Oral Microbes. Hansel M. Fletcher, Ann Progulske-Fox, and Jeffrey D. Hillman. 9. Population Genetics of Oral Bacteria. Mogens Kilian. 10. Oral Microbiology and the Immune Response. Michael F. Cole and Peter M. Lydyard. Section 2: Oral Diseases of Microbial Etiology. 11. Caries. Robert G. Quivey, Jr. 12. Periodontal Diseases. Susan Kinder Haake, Diane Hutchins Meyer, Paula M. Fives-Taylor, and Harvey Schenkein. 13. Oral Virology. Matti Sallberg. 14. Fungi and Fungal Infections of the Oral Cavity. Richard D. Cannon and Norman A. Firth. 15. Endodontic Microbiology. Burton Rosan and Louis Rossman. 16. Systemic Disease and the Oral Microbiota. Susan Camp, Yu Lei, Massimo Costalonga, Yongshu Zhang, Alexandre Zaia, Reka Vajna, Karen F. Ross and Mark C. Herzberg. Section 3: Control of Oral Infections. 17. Antibiotics and the Treatment of Infectious Diseases. Donald J. LeBlanc, Thomas R. Flynn, Constantine Simos, and Marilyn S. Lantz. 18. Infection Control in Dentistry. J. Christopher Fenno, Wilson A. Coulter, and Dennis E. Lopatin