This volume brings together articles on the topics of bioscience and clinical science, punctuated with striking illustrations, that have been recently published in the Japanese journal The Quintessence. The first half of the book addresses important oral and systemic health topics such as diagnosis of periodontal disease using blood and saliva testing; periodontal tissue, salivary gland, and tooth regeneration; tissue-engineered bone; correlation of periodontal disease with cardiovascular disease, preterm low birth weight, and diabetes; and genetic diagnosis of drug-induced gingival overgrowth. In the second half, the focus is on clinical issues, including dentinal remineralization and hypersensitivity; effect of whitening procedures on tooth structure; discriminate removal of carious dentin using a caries detector; nerve injury due to tooth extraction or implant placement; morphologic changes to the mandibular canal and maxillary sinus following tooth loss; and identification of vessels and nerves in the maxillary tuberosity for implant placement. A visually stunning and instructively enlightening compilation of reports on the cutting edge of dental scientific and clinical research.

108 pp; 188 color illus;
ISBN 978-0-86715-515-0

Contents
Part I: Illustrated Bioscience
1. Genetic Predisposition to Periodontitis—Tetsuo Kobayashi, Hiromasa Yoshie
2. A Diagnostic System for Periodontitis Using Blood IgG Titer—Shogo Takashiba
3. Analysis of Saliva Periodontal Diagnosis and Monitoring—Yukihiro Numabe
4. Periodontal Tissue Regeneration by Transplantation of Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells—Hidemi Kurihara, Hiroyuki Kawaguchi
5. Periodontal Regeneration by Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor—Shinya Murakami
6. Periodontal Disease As a Risk Factor for Cardiovascular Disease—Kazuhisa Yamazaki
7. Maternal Periodontal Disease and Preterm Low Birth Weight—Yuichi Izumi, Kozue Hasegawa-Nakamura, Kazuyuki Noguchi, Yasushi Furuichi
8. The Current Status of Tissue-Engineered Bone—Yoichi Yamada, Minoru Ueda
9. Regenerative Medicine for Salivary Glands—Kenji Mishima, Ichiro Saito
10. Tooth Regenerative Therapy As an Organ Replacement Regenerative Therapy—Masahiro Saito, Takashi Tsuji
11. Periodontitis and Diabetes—Toshihide Noguchi, Takeshi Kikuchi, Koji Inagaki
12. Genetic Diagnosis of Drug-Induced Gingival Overgrowth—Masatoshi Kataoka, Toshihiko Nagata

Part II: Illustrated Clinical Science
13. Dentin Hypersensitivity—Masashi Miyazaki
14. Dentin Remineralization—Shuichi Ito, Takashi Saito
15. Bioactive Bonding by an Adhesive Containing the Antibacterial Monomer MDPB—Satoshi Imazato
16. The Effect of Dental Whitening on the Tooth Surface—Linlin Han, Masayoshi Fukushima
17. Laser Whitening of Teeth: Effects of CO2 Laser on Enamel Surface—Satoshi Yokose
18. Caries Dentin and the Composite Resin Restoration—Naotake Akimoto
19. Nerve Injury: Sensory Dysfunction in the Practice of Dentistry—Takahiko Shibahara
20. Nerve Injury: How Nerve Fibers Are Affected at the Microscopic Level—Takahiko Shibahara
21. Nerve Injury: Curable Versus Incurable Sensory Dysfunction—Takahiko Shibahara
22. Changes in Mandibular Canal Morphology After Tooth Loss—Shin-Ichi Abe, Yoshinobu Ide
23. Morphologic Changes in the Maxillary Sinus in the Edentulous Maxilla—Shin-Ichi Abe, Yoshinobu Ide
24. Vessels and Nerves in the Maxillary Tuberosity Region—Shin-Ichi Abe, Yoshinobu Ide