Publisher's Synopsis
This clinical reference book explains about 125 periodontal problems by illustrating the diagnosis and treatment process through decision making algorithms. Dentists have a number of options available to them depending upon the location and severity of periodontal disease. This text sets out the thought process in arriving at treatment decisions. The book is organized with sections on signs and symptoms, initial therapy evaluation, detecting and recording findings.;The second edition includes 19 new chapters, a new section on "guided tissue regeneration, and expanded sections on "pure mucogingival problems".