Oral microbiology at a glance
By: Richard J. Lamont, Howard F. Jenkinson
Contributors: Jenkinson, Howard F.
Series: At a glance series; At a glance series (Oxford, England)
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Chichester, West Sussex, U.K; Ames, Iowa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 85
ISBN-13: 9780813828923
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to oral microbiology; title: In the beginning; title: Caries as an infectious disease; title: General properties of saliva; title: Salivary mucins and agglutinins; title: Secretory Immunoglobulin A; title: Anti-microbial properties of saliva; title: Innate defenses; title: Microbes in the oral cavity; title: Molecular microbial taxonomy; title: Systems approaches to oral microbiology; title: Oral streptococci; title: Microbial adherence; title: Complex communities; title: Biofilms; title: Bacterial polysaccharides; title: Microbiology of caries; title: Virulence factors of S. mutans; title: Host and environmental factors in caries; title: Fluoride; title: Anti-caries strategies; title: Periodontal diseases; title: Microorganisms associated with periodontal diseases; title: Colonization by periodontal bacteria; title: Virulence factors of periodontal bacteria; title: The immune response and periodontal bacteria; title: Relationship between periodontal diseases and systemic health; title: Implants and titanium; title: Endodontic infections; title: Host factors in endodontic infections; title: Infective endocarditis; title: Oral mucosal, bone and systemic infections; title: Candida albicans and fungal infections; title: Oral virology I, herpes, papillomavirus and parvovirus; title: Oral virology II, hepatitis and HIV; title: Antibiotics and antibiotic resistance; title: Sterilization; title: Disinfection; title: Infection control; title: Bioterrorism.