PRACTICAL PERIODONTAL DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT PLANNING -- Contents -- Contributor List -- Chapter 1: The Necessity of an Evidence-based Approach to Diagnosis and Treatment -- PROBLEMS WITH INTRODUCING EBD -- ADVANTAGES OF EBD -- Chapter 2: Classification of Periodontal Diseases and Conditions -- I. GINGIVAL DISEASES -- II. CHRONIC PERIODONTITIS (DISCARDED OLD TERMINOLOGY: ADULT PERIODONTITIS) -- III. AGGRESSIVE PERIODONTITIS (DISCARDED OLD TERMINOLOGY: EARLY ONSET PERIODONTITIS) -- IV. PERIODONTITIS AS A MANIFESTATION OF SYSTEMIC DISEASES -- V. NECROTIZING PERIODONTAL DISEASE -- VI. PERIODONTAL ABSCESS -- VII. PERIODONTITIS ASSOCIATED WITH ENDODONTIC LESION -- VIII. DEVELOPMENTAL OR ACQUIRED DEFORMITIES AND CONDITIONS -- Chapter 3: Periodontal Risk Factors and Modification -- NON-MODIFIABLE RISK FACTORS -- MODIFIABLE RISK FACTORS -- RISK FACTOR MODIFICATION -- Chapter 4: Scaling and Root Planing -- INTRODUCTION -- SCALING AND ROOT PLANING -- ROOT SURFACE SMOOTHNESS -- FULL-MOUTH DEBRIDEMENT -- PRACTICAL ASPECTS -- Chapter 5: Occlusion -- CENTRIC RELATION AND CENTRIC OCCLUSION -- BALANCED ARTICULATION -- OCCLUSAL CONCEPTS FOR CONVENTIONAL FIXED PROSTHODONTICS -- ANTERIOR DISCLUSION (CANINE DISCLUSION) AND GROUP FUNCTION -- SPLINTING -- IMPLANT-SUPPORTED ARTIFICIAL OCCLUSION -- ARTICULATORS -- AUTHORS' VIEWS/COMMENTS -- Chapter 6: Systemic and Local Drug Delivery of Antimicrobials -- EVIDENCE-BASED OUTCOMES -- INDICATIONS -- TECHNIQUES -- AUTHOR'S VIEWS/COMMENTS -- Chapter 7: Periodontal Osseous Resective Surgery -- INDICATIONS AND ENDPOINTS -- PHYSIOLOGIC AND PATHOLOGIC ALVEOLAR BONE ANATOMY -- PRINCIPLES -- TECHNIQUE -- MODIFICATIONS TO THE ORIGINAL SURGICAL APPROACH -- SOFT TISSUE MANAGEMENT -- EFFECT OF SURGERY ON THE ALVEOLAR BONE -- EVIDENCE-BASED OUTCOMES -- AUTHOR'S VIEWS/COMMENTS -- Chapter 8: Regenerative Periodontal Therapy.

PERIODONTAL REGENERATIVE TECHNIQUES -- FUTURE OF PERIODONTAL REGENERATIVE THERAPY -- FUTURE REGENERATIVE THERAPY WITH rhPDGF -- Chapter 9: Surgical vs. Non-surgical Treatment of Periodontitis -- EVIDENCE-BASED OUTCOMES -- AUTHOR'S VIEWS/COMMENTS -- Chapter 10: Supportive Periodontal Therapy -- INDICATIONS -- TECHNIQUE -- EVIDENCE-BASED OUTCOMES -- AUTHOR'S VIEWS/COMMENTS -- Chapter 11: Dental Implants Therapy -- INDICATIONS -- EVIDENCE-BASED OUTCOMES -- Chapter 12: Inflammation and Bone Healing Around Dental Implants -- BONE FUNCTION AND STRUCTURE -- BONE HEALING FOLLOWING IMPLANT PLACEMENT -- INFLAMMATORY BONE LOSS AROUND THE INTEGRATED IMPLANT -- Appendix 1: A Little Slice of History: The Periodontal Condition of Napoleon's Grand Army-A Forensic Evaluation -- Appendix 2: How to Write and Read a Scientific Paper -- Index.