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1Molecular Biology of Periodontium
2Molecular Biology of Periodontium
KV Arun Professor Ragas Dental College Uthandi, Chennai, India
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To
My venerable ancestors
Kurumathur Nayakkars of Perinchelloor
whose genetic influence on me ultimately proved stronger
than all other environmental influences
5Preface
Periodontics is a specialty that has seen immense growth in recent years, mostly for the better. The foundations of the mechanisms behind the maintenance of periodontal health and disease are being unraveled at a frenetic pace but much work is still required before our understanding is complete. In this scenario, it is imperative that postgraduate students understand the molecular basis of the various homeostatic mechanisms that maintain periodontal health and the alterations they undergo in disease. The habit of textbook reading is so deeply ingrained in us that students are loath to search journals for information that is not readily available to them. It is my earnest hope that this book would help the readers in this regard. The association between scaling and periodontics has, to my mind, outlived its usefulness. I would dearly love to see students spend the initial months of their postgraduate course learning basic immunology, genetics and other molecular biology topics rather than doing an umpteen number of hand scaling cases.
This book has been organized on the lines of other great books available in medicine. The topics on Tissue Engineering and Microbiology have been included chiefly to help exam preparation; its source can be easily traced. Genetics has focused on specific areas and requires further reading for an in-depth understanding.
Any suggestions and criticisms (constructive) are most welcome. Let us all make a joint effort towards making Periodontics attain the pre-eminent position it so richly deserves. If this book would help in this process, even in a small way, my effort would be more than adequately compensated. For all the good things about the book, credit has to go to the excellent books and journals that I have read over twenty long years. The flaws are entirely mine.
KV Arun
6Acknowledgments
A number of people have knowingly and unknowingly helped me complete this book. If I have to make a complete list, it would become far too exhaustive. I am therefore, listing out only a few, for specific reasons, with due apologies to all those who I have left out.
The Management, Principal-Dr S Ramachandran, Vice Principal-Dr Azhagarasan and other faculty of Ragas Dental College for their support without which, this book could not have been completed.
I am thankful to Shri Jitendar P Vij (Chairman and Managing Director) of M/s Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd, New Delhi, Mr Tarun Duneja (Director-Publishing) and Mr KK Raman (Production Manager), Mr Ashutosh (Asstt. Editor), Mr Ravinder (DTP Operator) and so many dedicated workers for their support.
I wish to thank Dr Avaneendra Talwar for his criticisms and suggestions.
Contribution
I wish to acknowledge the help extended by Dr Ramya Arun, who has contributed to chapters 5 and 6 of this book.