This text is organized into two sections. The first section details the normal microscopic and clinical features of the periodontium, as well as classification, epidemiology, etiology and pathology of periodontal diseases. The second section covers diagnosis and treatment of gingival and periodontal diseases, including four chapters on oral implantology. This edition includes 10 new chapters, including coverage of leukocyte abnormalities; treating aggressive periodontal disease; the biology of peri-implant tissues, and diagnosing and treating peri-implantitis.

A comprehensive account of protozoan and metozoan diseases in modern clinical practice, with orientation towards clinical management of parasitic infections. In the past, parasitology was considered as an obscure subject of little relevance to the majority of clinicians and microbiologists. Over the last decade, however, much has happened to change this, not least the explosion in foreign travel This textbook is the forth in the Principles and Practice series, providing an expansive and detailed coverage of clinical microbiology. It has a similar appeal to that of Zuckerman's, Principles & Practice of Clinical Virology, with an international authorship and emphasis placed on integrating new knowledge in a clinically relevant manner. . An essential, up-to-date sourcebook on the fundamentals of human parasitology . Provides a global approach with renowned and international authorship . Completes the quartet of Principles and Practice series in Microbiology