This encyclopedic work conveys a sound understanding of chemicals used in surgical therapy for periodontitis. Topics addressed include enamel matrix proteins, guided tissue regeneration barriers, root conditioning and bone grafts and bone graft substitutes.

Table of Contents

Guided Tissue Regeneration Barriers.- Bone Grafts and Bone Grafts Substitutes in Periodontal Therapy.- Enamel matrix derivative for periodontal tissue regeneration.- Chemical Root Surface Modifiers in the Treatment of Periodontal Disease.- The use of biologic mediators for Periodontal Regeneration.

About the Author

Dr. Dumitrescu is an Associate Professor at the Institute of Clinical Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine University of Tromso, Norway. She received her Philosophiate Doctor in Medical Sciences degree in 1997 at the Faculty of Dentistry at the University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Carol Davila" in Bucharest, Romania. Dr. Dumitrescu also engaged in postdoctoral studies at the Institute of Odontology, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden and the University of Bristol, in Bristol, England. She has won the Special Jury Prix JPIO (Journal de Parodontologie & D'Implantologie Orale) at the SFPIO (Societe Francaise de Parodontologie et d'Implantologie Orale) National Congress Bordeaux, France 16-18.06.2005 for the study "Analysis of pain experienced during periodontal probing in smokers" She is a member of the Romanian College of Dentists and the Scandinavian Society of Periodontology.