Oral Microbiology at a Glance

Oral Microbiology at a Glance......Page 5
Contents......Page 7
About the authors......Page 9
Preface......Page 11
1 Introduction to oral microbiology......Page 12
Oral diseases......Page 13
2 In the beginning......Page 14
Oral and dental research......Page 15
3 Caries as an infectious disease......Page 16
Immunity to caries......Page 17
4 General properties of saliva......Page 18
Saliva as a nutrient......Page 19
5 Salivary mucins and agglutinins......Page 20
Bacterial agglutination......Page 21
6 Secretory immunoglobulin A......Page 22
Selective IgA deficiency......Page 23
7 Anti-microbial properties of saliva......Page 24
Anti-microbial components in saliva......Page 25
8 Innate defenses......Page 26
Human AMPs......Page 27
9 Microbes in the oral cavity......Page 28
Ecology and disease......Page 29
10 Molecular microbial taxonomy......Page 30
DNA chips......Page 31
11 Systems approaches to oral microbiology......Page 32
Tiled arrays......Page 33
12 Oral streptococci......Page 34
Relatedness and pathogenicity of streptococci......Page 35
13 Microbial adherence......Page 36
Oral bacterial adhesins and receptors......Page 37
14 Complex communities......Page 38
Antagonism......Page 39
15 Biofilms......Page 40
The biofilm matrix, resilience and resistance......Page 41
16 Bacterial polysaccharides......Page 42
EPS produced by oral Gram-negatives......Page 43
17 Microbiology of caries......Page 44
Emerging and polymicrobial pathogens......Page 45
18 Virulence factors of S. mutans......Page 46
Biofilm adaptation......Page 47
19 Host and environmental factors in caries......Page 48
Caries risk assessment......Page 49
20 Fluoride......Page 50
Enhancing anti-microbial effects......Page 51
21 Anti-caries strategies......Page 52
Vaccination......Page 53
22 Periodontal diseases......Page 54
Role of host factors in periodontal diseases......Page 55
23 Microorganisms associated with periodontal diseases......Page 56
Culture independent bacterial detection......Page 57
24 Colonization by periodontal bacteria......Page 58
Host responses to intracellular bacteria......Page 59
25 Virulence factors of periodontal bacteria......Page 60
Other toxic products......Page 61
26 The immune response and periodontal bacteria......Page 62
Genetic factors associated with periodontal disease......Page 63
27 Relationship between periodontal diseases and systemic health......Page 64
Osteoporosis......Page 65
28 Implants and titanium......Page 66
Asepsis and treatment......Page 67
29 Endodontic infections......Page 68
Treatment......Page 69
30 Host factors in endodontic infections......Page 70
Resistant bacteria......Page 71
31 Infective endocarditis......Page 72
Antibiotics in IE......Page 73
32 Oral mucosal, bone and systemic infections......Page 74
Systemic manifestations of oral infections......Page 75
33 Candida albicans and fungal infections......Page 76
Biofilms and antifungal drugs......Page 77
34 Oral virology I, herpes, papillomavirus and parvovirus......Page 78
Parvoviruses......Page 79
35 Oral virology II, hepatitis and HIV......Page 80
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)......Page 81
36 Antibiotics and antibiotic resistance......Page 82
Curtailing anti-microbial resistance......Page 83
37 Sterilization......Page 84
Chemicals......Page 85
38 Disinfection......Page 86
Chemical......Page 87
39 Infection control......Page 88
Dental unit water lines (DUWL)......Page 89
40 Bioterrorism......Page 90
Anthrax......Page 91
Biological Weapons Convention......Page 92
Index......Page 93