Non-Surgical Control of Periodontal Diseases A Comprehensive Handboo
This handbook has been designed for practicing dental clinicians and students, which includes dental hygienists, general dentists, periodontists, and students of dental hygiene and dentistry who are responsible for treating patients with a
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Non-Surgical Control of Periodontal Diseases
Paul A. Levi, Jr. • Robert J. Rudy Y. Natalie Jeong • Daniel K. Coleman
Non-Surgical Control of Periodontal Diseases A Comprehensive Handbook
Paul A. Levi, Jr. Department of Periodontology Tufts University School of Dental Medicine Boston, MA USA
Y. Natalie Jeong Department of Periodontology Tufts University School of Dental Medicine Boston, MA USA
Robert J. Rudy Department of Periodontology Tufts University School of Dental Medicine Boston, MA USA
Daniel K. Coleman Department of Periodontology Tufts University School of Dental Medicine Boston, MA USA
ISBN 978-3-662-46622-3 ISBN 978-3-662-46623-0 DOI 10.1007/978-3-662-46623-0
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This book is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Irving Glickman
“…It is only in the past quarter century that the dental curriculum has undergone a major change insofar as periodontics is concerned. Only recently has the status of periodontics been changed from that of a peripheral subject tacked on somewhere in the third and fourth year, a position in which it could not impress the student attitude regarding the importance of periodontal health in the total dental care which should be provided by general practitioners. It gradually has become a major clinical discipline stressing the philosophy that the periodontal care of the American public is primarily the responsibility of the general practitioner and that restorative dentistry without necessary periodontal care is not an oral health service… The concept of what constitutes the practice of dentistry must change. Dentistry’s mission under its franchise must be clearly defined as primarily the preservation of the health of the n
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