Decision Making in Periodontology

I. History Taking 1. Medical History 2. Laboratory Tests and their Significance 3. Dental History 4. Plaque Control History II. Indications for Collecting and Recording Data 5. Indications for Periodontal Examination 6. Indications for Radiographic Examination III. Signs and Symptoms 7. Gingival Color Change 8. Gingival Bleeding 9. Split Interdental Papilla 10. Localized Periodontal Pain 11. Generalized Periodontal Pain IV. Detecting and Recording Findings 12. Probing 13. Differentiating Types of Furcation Involvement 14. Differentiating Degrees of Mobility 15. Determining and Recording Occlusal Findings 16. Radiographic Evaluation 17. Interpreting Bone Loss on Radiographs 18. Vertical Bone Defects 19. Overhanging Margin 20. Root Exposure 21. When to Use Microbial Tests for Specific Periodontal Pathogens in Diagnosis and Treatment Planning V. Differential Diagnosis 22. Periodontal Health, Gingivitis, and Adult Periodontitis 23. Differential Diagnosis of Juvenile Periodontitis and Rapidly Progressive Periodontitis 24. Necrotizing Ulcerative Gingivitis and Periodontitis 25. Primary Acute Herpetic Gingivostomatitis 26. Primary Versus Secondary Occlusal Trauma 27. Gingival Enlargement Diagnosis 28. Pure Mucogingival Versus Mucogingival-Osseous Problems 29. Differential Diagnosis: Problems of Endodontic and Periodontal Etiology 30. Differential Diagnosis of Periodontal Diseases in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection 31. Diagnosis and Management of Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Associated Oral Mucosal Lesions 32. Diagnosis and Management of Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Associated Periodontal Diseases in Adults 33. Diagnosis and Management of Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Associated Oral and Periodontal Changes in Children 34. Desquamative Gingivitis 35. Cracked Tooth Syndrome VI. Prognosis 36. Developing a Prognosis 37. Hopeless Teeth VII. Treatment Planning and Treatment Gingivitis and Adult Periodontitis 38. Sequence of Treatment Walter B. Hall 39. Referral to a Periodontist 40. Referral to a Periodontist by a General Practitioner 41. Prophylaxis Versus Root Planing 42. Surgery Versus Repetitive Root Planing 43. Selection of Surgical Approaches 44. Selection of the Appropriate Periodontal Surgical Technique 45. Furcation Involvements 46. Adjunctive Plaque-Control Devices 47. Maxillary Molars with Root Proximity/Periodontal Problems 48. Periodontally Compromised Potential Abutment Teeth 49. Periodontal Chemotherapy Pure Mucogingival Problems 50. Establishing the Adequacy of Attached Gingiva 51. Active Recession Versus Stability 52. Restorative Plans and Gingival Grafting 53. Orthodontics and Gingival Augementation 54. Pure Mucogingival Concerns of Patients Scheduled for Orthodontics: A European View 55. Prevention of Recession 56. Esthetics and Gingival Augmentation 57. Esthetic Evaluation of Patients with a High Lip Line 58. Free Gingival Graft, Connective Tissue Graft, or Guided Tissue Augmentation 59. Recession Treatment: Root Coverage or Not? 60. Coverage in Marginal Tissue Recession 61. A New Classification of Indications for Periodontal Surgery and Augmentation Occlusal Trauma 62. Primary Occlusal Trauma 63. Secondary Occlusal Trauma 64. Canine Disclusion (Cuspid Rise) Versus Group Function 65. Selective Grinding Versus Splinting 66. Selective Grinding Versus Night Guard 67. The Adult Orthodontic Case 68. Permanent Splinting Gingival Enlargement 69. Treatment of Gingival Enlargements 70. Circumscribed Gingival Enlargements Periodontic-Endodontic Combined Problems 71. Necrotizing Ulcerative Gingivitis and Periodontitis: Treatment 72. Indications for Molar Tooth Resection: Hemisection Versus Root Amputation 73. Sequencing Endodontics and Root Resection VIII. Initial Therapy Evaluation 74. Surgical Therapy Versus Maintenance 75. Evaluation of Furcation Status of Molars Before Surgery 76. "Through and Through" Furcation 77. Periodontal Reasons to Extract a Tooth IX. Guided Tissue Regeneration 78. Guided Tissue Regeneration Versus Mucogingival-Osseous Surgery 79. The European Approach to Guided Tissue Regeneration: Case Selection 80. The European Approach to Guided Tissue Regeneration: Membrane Selection 81. Guided Tissue Regeneration for Treatment of Vertical Osseous Defects 82. Guided Tissue Regeneration for Treatment of Furcation Defects on Molars 83. Guided Tissue Regeneration in Osseous Dehiscences 84. Guided Tissue Regeneration in Two-Walled Osseous Defects 85. Guided Tissue Regeneration Strategy to Maximize Aesthetics: Selection of the Surgical Approach and the Type of Membrane X. Surgical Treatment Mucogingival-Osseous Surgery 86. Apically Positioned Flap Procedure 87. Palatal Flap Design 88. Osseous Recontouring 89. Osteoplasty 90. Bone Fill - Regenerative Procedures 91. The Application of Bone Fill - Regenerative Procedures 92. One-Walled Osseous Defect 93. Two-Walled Osseous Defect: Crater Type 94. Three-Walled Osseous Defect 95. Approaches to the Distal Ridge Pocket 96. Suturing Following Periodontal Surgery 97. Dressing Following Surgery 98. Postsurgical Medication 99. Restoration Following Surgery Gingival Augmentation 100. Dehiscence and Fenestration 101. Free Gingival Graft Procedure 102. The Connective Tissue Graft vs. Guided Tissue Regeneration 103. Coronally Positioned Pedicle Graft 104. Free Gingival Graft Utilitizing the Strip Technique 105. Root Coverage in Cases of Localized Recession 106. Denudation 107. Ridge Augmentation 108. Dressing Following Pure Mucogingival Surgery 109. Restoration Following Pure Mucogingival Surgery XI. Decision Making in Postsurgical Reevaluation 110. Postsurgical Reevaluation 111. A Behavioral Approach to Recall Visits XII. Osseointegrated Implants 112. Basic Considerations in Selecting a Patient for Implants 113. Selection of Implant Modalities for Partially Dentulous Patients 114. Soft Tissue Plastic Surgery Around Implants 115. Osseointegrated Implants for the Partially Edentulous Maxilla 116. Osseointegrated Implants for the Totally Edentulous Maxilla 117. Osseointegrated Implants for the Partially Edentulous Mandible 118. Osseointegrated Implants for the Totally Edentulous Mandible 119. Guided Bone Augmentation for Osseointegrated Implants 120. Perimplantitis: Etiology of the Ailing or Failed Dental Implant 121. Perimplantitis: Initial Therapy for the Ailing, Failing, or Failed Dental Implant 122. Perimplantitis: The Surgical Management of Implant Repair 123. Patient with a Single Endentulous Space 124. Multiple Single Implants or Implants as Abutments XIII. Miscellaneous Issues, Problems, and Treatments 125. Informed Consent 126. Periodontal Dressings 127. Dentin Hypersensitivity 128. Impacted Third Molars 129. Partially Erupted Third Molar 130. Periodontal Considerations for Crown Lengthening 131. Crown Lengthening: A European View 132. Crown Margin Placement 133. Solitary Deep Periodontal Defects 134. Third Molar Extraction and Guided Tissue Regeneration 135. Guided Tissue Regeneration Associated with Lower Third Molar Surgical Extraction 136. Localized Chemotherapeutic Approaches: Indications and Contraindications for Tetracycline Fiber Therapy 137. Localized Chemotherapeutic Approaches: Technique 138. Laser Surgery in Periodontics 139. Esthetic Concerns and Surgery 140. A Patient with Periodontal Disease Involving the Maxillary Anterior Teeth