Clinical Periodontal Medicine is a major new work reviewing the vast and absorbing topic of periodontal medicine. It reviews the burgeoning topic of periodontal medicine, discussing the relationship between periodontal disease or infection and systemic conditions, such as pre-term birth weight and cardiac disease, while also examining the oral manifestations of conditions and maladies such as diabetes mellitus, HIV, and pregnancy. This is couched in a thorough review of the very best scientific evidence, presented by some of the world’s leading researchers in this field. Throughout the focus is kept on the clinical applicability of these findings, harnessing this research to improve care for the periodontally-compromised patient.
Clinical Periodontal Medicine is logically structured in three distinct parts. The first section examines the relationship between periodontal disease and systemic conditions, discussing the biological plausibility linking periodontal infection and inflammation with systemic disease. The second section surveys pharmacotherapy, considering a complementary medical model for treatment of periodontal disease and different host modulation options. The third and final section examines methods of patient care; and, in particular, focuses on techniques for managing patients for long-term periodontal and general health.
Robustly intellectual, yet practically clinical, Clinical Periodontal Medicine will be an essential resource for periodontists, specialists in oral medicine, and physicians at the forefront of the dentistry—medicine interface.
