'Periodontics: A Synopsis' is an essential text for senior undergraduate dental students, and postgraduates preparintg for Royal College diploma examinations. It describes in a concise and straightforward style the features or periodontal disease and current methods of treatment. Since it deals wtih the management of periodontal diseases from a biological basis and within a wider context of dental care, this book will also be a valuable reference guide to general dental hygiene. This publication responds to the growing need for texts which present essential concepts in a way which makes them easily understoody by the reader. Topics covered include: Normal structure and function, pathology aetiology, classification and epidemiology of the periodontal tissues. The common clinical procedures which form the basis of periodontal disease management - plaque control, scaling, root planing, surgery and maintenance. Special problems presented by early onset periodontitis, furcation disease, periodontal/pulpal lesions, gingival deficiency, implants adn occlusal trauma. Chemical anitmicrobial therapy and periodontal regenerative technique