Oral microbiology and immunology / edited by Richard J. Lamont, Center for Oral Health and Systemic Disease, University of Louisville School of Dentistry, Louisville, Kentucky ; George N. Hajishengallis, Department of Microbiology, School of Dental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ; Howard F. Jenkinson, School of Oral and Dental Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lamont, Richard J. 1961-

Hajishengallis, George

Jenkinson, Howard F.

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mouth--Microbiology.

Mouth.

Mouth--Immunology.

Mouth Diseases--microbiology.

Mouth--microbiology.

Mouth Diseases--immunology.

Tooth Diseases--microbiology.

Immunology.

Medical Subjects:

Mouth Diseases--microbiology.

Mouth--microbiology.

Mouth Diseases--immunology.

Tooth Diseases--microbiology.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 504 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : ASM Press, 2014.

Contents:

General microbiology / Howard F. Jenkinson

The immune system and host defense / P.M. Lydyard and M.F. Cole

The oral environment / Frank A. Scannapieco

Isolation, classification, and identification of oral microorganisms / Eugene J. Leys [and others]

Oral microbial ecology / Howard F. Jenkinson and Richard J. Lamont

Oral microbial physiology / Paul G. Egland and Robert E. Marquis

Genetics and molecular biology of oral microorganisms / Susan Kinder Haake, Donald J. LeBlanc, and Gena D. Tribble

Applied molecular biology and the oral microbes / Hansel M. Fletcher [and others]

Population genetics of oral bacteria / Mogens Kilian

Immunology of the oral cavity / Evlambia Hajishengallis and George Hajishengallis

Dental caries : general concepts / Robert G. Quivey, Jr. [and others]

Pathogenic mechanisms in dental caries / Robert G. Quivey, Jr. [and others]

Periodontal diseases : general concepts / Panos N. Papapanou

Virulence factors of periodontal bacteria / Richard J. Lamont, Janina P. Lewis, and Jan Potempa

Immunopathogenic mechanisms in periodontal disease / George Hajishengallis and Toshihisa Kawai

Oral virology / Matti Sällberg

Fungi and fungal infections of the oral cavity / Richard D. Cannon and Norman A. Firth

Endodontic microbiology / Burton Rosan, Louis Rossman, and J. Craig Baumgartner

Systemic disease and the oral microbiota / Jingyuan Fan [and others]

Immunological intervention against dental diseases / Kohtaro Fujihashi, Michael W. Russell, and George Hajishengallis

Antibiotics and the treatment of infectious diseases / Donald J. LeBlanc

Infection control in dentistry / J. Christopher Fenno, Stephen J. Stefanac, and Dennis E. Lopatin.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781555816735

1555816738

OCLC:

840878148