Essential Clinical Oral Biology is an accessible guide to oral biology, introducing the scientific knowledge necessary to succeed in clinical practice. Covering key topics in clinical oral biology, this textbook will help students gain an understanding of oral tissues and their relationship to oral health and disease.
Key features include:
Student-friendly layout with clinical photographs throughout
Each chapter has clearly defined key topics and learning objectives
Covers the essentials: what you need to know and why
Companion website featuring interactive MCQs, teaching presentations and downloadable images
The clinical relevance of each topic is emphasised throughout, making this a must-have resource for students in the early years of dentistry, dental hygiene, dental therapy, clinical dental technology and dental nursing courses, as well as a useful revision guide for clinical undergraduate and early postgraduate students.
Author(s): Stephen Creanor
Series: Essentials (Dentistry)
Edition: 1
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Year: 2016
Language: English
Tags: Oral Biology; Dentistry; Oral Surgery; Physiology
Cover
Half Title Page
Dedication
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Contributors
Preface
About the companion website
Chapter 1: An introduction to the human dentition
Overview
Descriptive terms
Tooth nomenclature and the FDI tooth index
Chapter 2: Oral embryology
The primitive pharynx
Development of the tongue
Development of the face
Development of the palate
Clinical considerations
Further reading
Chapter 3: Tooth development
The biological basis of tooth formation
Stages of tooth development
Initiation
Morphogenesis
Differentiation
Tissue formation
The enamel organ
The dental papilla
The dental follicle
Formation of the root, cementum and supporting structures
Clinical considerations
Further reading
Chapter 4: Enamel
Overview of enamel
Structure of enamel
Chemical structure
Enamel crystallites
Enamel prisms
Striae of Retzius
Neonatal line
The amelodentinal junction
Surface enamel
Additional physical qualities
Formation of enamel
Chemical protection and repair of enamel by saliva
Biochemical protection and repair of enamel by saliva
Clinical considerations
Complication of enamel formation
Amelogenesis imperfecta
Caries
Erosion
Further reading
Chapter 5: The pulpo-dentinal complex
Definitions of the pulpo-dentinal complex
Odontoblasts
Regions of dentine throughout the tooth
Dental pulp
Pulpal fibres
Pulp cells
Pulpal blood vessels
Pulpal nerves
Function of pulpal nerves
Clinical considerations
Dentine caries
The smear layer
The pulpal response to insult
Mild insult
Moderate insult
Severe insult
Further reading
Chapter 6: Cementum
Clinical considerations
Further reading
Chapter 7: Alveolar bone
Clinical considerations
Further reading
Chapter 8: The periodontal ligament (PDL)
Overview of the periodontal ligament
Structure of the periodontal ligament
Fibroblasts
Epithelial cells
Undifferentiated mesenchymal cells
Fibres
Elastic fibres
Ground substance
Blood vessels
Nerves
Functions
PDL adaptation to function and health state
Clinical considerations
Further reading
Chapter 9: Oral mucosa
Overview of oral mucosa
Components of oral mucosa
Interface between the epithelium and the lamina propria
Regional variations
Nerve supply
Blood supply
Clinical considerations
Further reading
Chapter 10: The gingiva
Overview of the gingiva
Regions of the dentogingival junction
Oral epithelium
Oral sulcular epithelium
Junctional epithelium
Epithelium facing the tooth
Clinical considerations
Further reading
Chapter 11: Tooth eruption and development of the occlusion
Developmental stages leadingup to tooth eruption
Eruption of the primary and permanent teeth
Calcification and eruption dates
Clinical considerations
Gender variation, chronological and dental age
Premature and delayed eruption
Natal teeth and eruption cyst
Importance of the mixed dentition
Ectopic eruptions
Hypodontia
Effects of early loss of primary teeth
Other anomalies of the mixed dentition
Further reading
Chapter 12: The salivary glands
The parotid gland
Blood supply
Nerve supply
The submandibular gland
Blood supply
Nerve supply
The sublingual gland
Blood supply
Nerve supply
The minor salivary glands
Clinical considerations
Further reading
Chapter 13: Saliva
Functions
Clinical considerations
Chapter 14: Maxillary sinus
Clinical considerations
Further reading
Chapter 15: The temporomandibular joint
Muscles of mastication
Masseter
Temporalis
Lateral pterygoid
Medial pterygoid
Innervation of muscles of mastication
Movement of the mandible
Clinical considerations
Further reading
Chapter 16: The tongue
Muscles of the tongue
Genioglossus
Hyoglossus
Styloglossus
Palatoglossus
Intrinsic muscles
Role in mastication, swallowing and speech
Mucosa, blood and nerve supplies of the tongue
Lymphatic drainage of the tongue
Clinical considerations
Further reading
Chapter 17: Lymph nodes of the head and neck and the tonsils
Submental lymph nodes
Submandibular lymph nodes
Parotid or preauricular lymph nodes
Retroauricular and occipital lymph nodes
Superficial cervical lymph nodes
Deep cervical lymph nodes
Histology of lymph nodes
Tonsils
Histology of tonsils
Clinical considerations
Further reading
Chapter 18: Dental plaque and calculus
Basic microbiology: the bacterial cell
Bacterial metabolism
Morphology
Pathogenicity
Bacterial communication
Biofilms
Biofilm formation
Dental plaque biofilm
Subgingival versus supragingival plaque
Dental calculus
Clinical considerations
Microbes associated with Periodontitis
Microbes associated with dental caries
Further reading
Chapter 19: Dental caries: the biological basis
Overview of dental caries
Clinical description
Molecular description
Dentine caries
The smear layer
Caries in the primary dentition
The influence of ionic fluoride on dental caries
Further reading
Chapter 20: Introduction to periodontal disease
What is periodontal disease?
Development of periodontal disease
The initial lesion
The early lesion
The established lesion
The advanced lesion
Progression of periodontal disease
Risk factors for periodontal disease
Clinical considerations
Further reading
Index
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