Periodontics Text and Evolve eBooks Package - Hardcover

Eley BDS FDSRCS PhD, Barry M.; Soory FDSRCS PhD FHEA, Mena; Manson MChD PhD FDSRCS, J. D.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0702044725 ISBN 13: 9780702044724

Publisher: Churchill Livingstone, 2010

Synopsis

The new edition of this now classic book, Periodontics, continues to provide readers with the essential information required to ensure a firm understanding of the subject of periodontology from both a basic science and clinical perspective. Authored by experts of international renown, this book is suitable for undergraduate and postgraduate dental students as well as practitioners with an interest in oral medicine.
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• New edition of one of the most respected UK textbooks on periodontology
  
• Published in full colour throughout, this volume offers a comprehensive overview of the subject area written by authorities of international renown
  
• Includes basic science and clinical aspects of periodontology

• Includes 2007 NICE guidelines on antibiotic prophylaxis
  
• Revised section on local delivery of anti-microbials (LDA), including new products and research (Cochrane report)
  
• New discussion of host modulation therapy - including products such as Periostat
  
• Updated sections on gingival overgrowth, cleft palate, and splinting
  
• Revised sections on medically compromised patients such as those on long-term corticosteroid or anticoagulant therapy or with HIV and AIDS
  
• Updated section on mechanisms of disease, e.g. bacterial action, host response mechanisms

About this title

About the Author

Mena Soory is a full-time senior clinical academic at King's College London Dental Institute and Professor in Periodontology at King's College Dental Hospital. She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and actively engaged in committee activity of the institute in promoting educational and clinical research strategy in collaboration with international institutions. Professor Soory also represents King's College Dental Hospital at the Hospital Trust Infection Control Committee ensuring compliance with the requirements of the General Dental Council and chairs the Diploma in Dental Hygiene and Therapy Part Board of Examiners' meetings and Periodontal scientific sessions at international meetings. Professor Soory is an examiner for Final BDS and post-graduate examinations.

Professor Soory has published extensively in her field encompassing the role of antioxidants, biological agents and biomaterials in periodontal wound healing and implications on systemic diseases. Supervision of several national and international post-graduates has resulted in over 150 publications which include presentations at national and international fora of the British Society of Periodontology, European Federation of Periodontology, International Congress in Periodontology, British Society for Dental Research, Pan European Federation for Dental Research, European Society of Biomaterials, International Association for Dental Research, Royal Society of Medicine and others.

This work has resulted in commendations and awards from the British Society of Periodontology, the European Federation of Periodontology and pharmaceutical companies.

Professor Soory has made a large contribution to editorial work of the European Journal of Oral Science, Journal of Dentistry, British Dental Journal, International Journal of Dentistry, Journal of Dental Research, Archives of Oral Biology, Oral Diseases, Biochemical Journal, Biomacromolecules, and Journal of Dermatological Science.

Edition details

• Publisher: Churchill Livingstone
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0702044725
• ISBN 13: 9780702044724
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 432