Publisher's Synopsis
This text emphasizes a departure from conventional teaching methods - the learning of microbial taxonomy - to clinically oriented study of important pathogens. It is divided into three sections: basic principles of microbiology and host-parasite relationships; coverage of the aetiology and pathogenesis of both oral, localized and systemic diseases with discussions of the methods of diagnosis, treatment and prevention; and clinical practice, relating a knowledge of the mechanisms of diseases to the problems of sepsis, sterilization techniques and cross-infection control for those conditions the dentist most frequently has to deal with.
