Clinical Problem Solving 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; Professor Kevin G. Seymour, BDS MSc PhD DRD MRD 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

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