- Friendly, accessible writing style helps readers engage with key information
- Helpful self-assessment - in the style of both dental school and RCS exams -enables students to monitor their progress
- Evidenced-based throughout to help facilitate safe clinical practice
- Ample use of artwork helps explain complex structures, physiological processes and the effect of drug intervention
- Helpful use of italics for clinically relevant facts and emboldened key words to highlight important information
- Presents the latest national and international guidelines
- 'Key Fact' boxes at the end of each chapter help summarize core information
- Contains a comprehensive glossary and abbreviations list
The latest edition of this essential textbook continues to support a new generation of dental students in their understanding of microbiom and oral microbiota, basic immunology, oral and systemic infections and cross-infection control.
Fully updated throughout with the latest developments in oral microbiology, microbiomics, disease prevention and control, Essential Microbiology for Dentistry will be essential for all undergraduates studying dentistry as well as anyone undertaking postgraduate training.
Key Features
- Friendly, accessible writing style helps readers engage with key information
- Helpful self-assessment - in the style of both dental school and RCS exams -enables students to monitor their progress
- Evidenced-based throughout to help facilitate safe clinical practice
- Ample use of artwork helps explain complex structures, physiological processes and the effect of drug intervention
- Helpful use of italics for clinically relevant facts and emboldened key words to highlight important information
- Presents the latest national and international guidelines
- 'Key Fact' boxes at the end of each chapter help summarize core information
- Contains a comprehensive glossary and abbreviations list
| ISBN | 9780702074356 |
|---|---|
| Product Format | Book |
| Publication Date | 2018 |
| Author Information | By Lakshman Samaranayake, DSc (hc) DDS (Glas) FRCPath FDSRCS(Ed) FDS RCPS FRACDS , Vice-Dean, College of Dental Medicine, University of Sharjah, UAE; Professor Emeritus & Immediate-past Dean of Dentistry, University of Hong Kong; Honorary Professor & Immediate-past Head, School of Dentistry, University of Queensland, Australia; Professor, King James IV, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (2013). |
| Published Reviews | The text is written in a very easy-to-read style which will make it popular and a book of choice for many dental students and dentists. I particularly like the 'Key Facts' section and the use of italics for clinically relevant facts and key words in bold which is a useful means of highlighting important information. The review questions at the end of each chapter are of a similar format to those used in examinations set by dental schools for undergraduate examinations and the Royal Colleges in the UK for postgraduate examinations. Together with the excellent glossary of terms and abbreviations these sections will be very popular as revision aids, allowing the reader to assess their understanding in the key areas of importance. Essential Microbiology for Dentistry is a rextbook which not only covers the fundamentals of microbiology but, uniquely, how this relates to modern-day practice leaving the reader in no doubt of the importance of this subject to this clinical discipline. |
| Table of Content | 1. Why study microbiology? PART 1: GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY 2. Bacterial structure and taxonomy 3. Bacterial physiology and genetics 4. Viruses and prions 5. Pathogenesis of microbial disease 6. Diagnostic microbiology and laboratory methods 7. Antimicrobial chemotherapy PART 2: BASIC IMMUNOLOGY 8. The immune system and the oral cavity 9. The immune response 10. Immunity and infection PART 3: MICROBES OF RELEVANCE TO DENTISTRY 11. Streptococci, staphylococci and micrococci 12. Lactobacilli, corynebacteria and propionibacteria 13. Actinomycetes, clostridia and Bacillus species 14. Neisseriaceae, Veillonella, parvobacteria and Capnocytophaga 15. Enterobacteria 16. Vibrios, campylobacters and Wolinella 17. Bacteroides, Tannerella, Porphyromonas and Prevotella 18. Fusobacteria, Leptotrichia and spirochaetes 19. Mycobacteria and legionellae 20. Chlamydiae, rickettsiae and mycoplasmas 21. Viruses of relevance to dentistry 22. Fungi of relevance to dentistry PART 4: INFECTIONS OF RELEVANCE TO DENTISTRY 23. Infections of the respiratory tract 24. Infections of the cardiovascular system 25. Infections of the central nervous and locomotor systems 26. Infections of the gastrointestinal tract 27. Infections of the genitourinary tract 28. Skin and wound infections 29. Viral hepatitis 30. Human immunodeficiency virus infection, AIDS and infections in compromised patients PART 5: ORAL MICROBIOLOGY 31. Oral microbiome and the oral ecosystem 32. Microbiology of dental caries 33. Microbiology of periodontal disease 34. Dentoalveolar and endodontic infections 35. Oral mucosal and salivary gland infections PART 6: CROSS INFECTION AND CONTROL 36. Principles of infection control 37. Infection control procedures in dentistry: personal protection, sharps injuries protocol, and immunization 38. Infection control procedures in dentistry: sterilization, disinfection and antisepsis Glossary of terms and abbreviations |
| Publication Date | 09-07-2018 |
| Pages | 392 |
| Trim | 276 x 216 (8 1/2 x 10 7/8) |
| Stock Status | In Stock |
| deltacomm1code | Books |
