Essential Microbiology for Dentistry Book

1. Introduction

Part 1: General microbiology

2. Bacterial structure and taxonomy

3. Bacterial physiology and genetics

4. Viruses and prions

5. Pathogenesis of microbial disease

6. Diagnostic microbiology and laboratory methods

7. Antimicrobial chemotherapy

Part 2: Basic immunology

8. The immune system and the oral cavity

9. The immune response

10. Immunity and infection

Part 3: Microbes of relevance to dentistry

11. Streptococci, staphylococci and micrococci

12. Lactobacilli, corynebacteria and propionibacteria

13. Actinomycetes, clostridia and Bacillus species

14. Neisseriaceae, Veillonella, parvobacteria and Capnocytophaga

15. Enterobacteria

16. Vibrios, campylobacters and Wolinella

17. Bacteroides, Tannerella, Porphyromonas and Prevotella

18. Fusobacteria, Leptotrichia and spirochaetes

19. Mycobacteria and legionellae

20. Chlamydiae, rickettsiae and mycoplasmas

21. Viruses of relevance to dentistry

22. Fungi of relevance to dentistry

Part 4: Infections of relevance to dentistry

23. Infections of the respiratory tract

24. Infections of the cardiovascular system

25. Infections of the central nervous and locomotor system

26. Infections of the gastrointestinal tract

27. Infections of the genitourinary tract

28. Skin and wound infections

29. Viral hepatitis

30. Human immunodeficiency virus infection, AIDS and infections in compromised patients

Part 5: Oral microbiology

31. Normal oral flora, the oral ecosystem and plaque biofilms

32. Microbiology of dental caries

33. Microbiology of periodontal disease

34. Dentoalveolar infections

35. Oral mucosal and salivary gland infections

Part 6: Cross-infection and control

36. Principles of infection control

37. Infection control procedures in dentistry

Answers to review questions

Glossary of terms and abbreviations