Essential Clinical Oral Biology

Stephen Creanor is Clinical Professor of Oral Sciences at Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry, Plymouth, UK. Stephen has extensive experience of teaching the scientific basis of clinical dentistry and has published widely on the subject.  As well as regularly undertaking basic science and oral biology teaching, Stephen is also an active clinician.

• Contributors viiPreface ixAbout the companion website xi1 An introduction to the human dentition 1Stephen Creanor2 Oral embryology 6Stuart McDonald3 Tooth development 13Stephen Creanor and Kamran Ali4 Enamel 23Paul Anderson and Stephen Creanor5 The pulpo-dentinal complex 34Stephen Creanor, Christopher Tredwin and Taher Elgalaid6 Cementum 45Stephen Creanor7 Alveolar bone 50Stephen Creanor and Kamran Ali8 The periodontal ligament (PDL) 57Vehid Salih and Svetislav Zaric9 Oral mucosa 64Kamran Ali10 The gingiva 72Ewen McColl and Stephen Creanor11 Tooth eruption and development of the occlusion 80Declan Millett and Stephen Creanor12 The salivary glands 91Stephen Creanor and Kamran Ali13 Saliva 99Stephen Creanor and Kamran Ali14 Maxillary sinus 105Stuart McDonald, Stephen Creanor and Kamran Ali15 The temporomandibular joint 111Stuart McDonald and Stephen Creanor16 The tongue 120Stuart McDonald and Stephen Creanor17 Lymph nodes of the head and neck and the tonsils 128Stuart McDonald18 Dental plaque and calculus 136Louise Belfield19 Dental caries: the biological basis 144Stephen Creanor20 Introduction to periodontal disease 152Gerard Linden and Lewis WinningIndex 163