Book excerpt: - Extensively revised with the most recent advances in periodontology and implantology - Case based scenarios are provided at the end of relevant chapters for application of clinical knowledge gained from the chapters - Important Key Points are summarized at the end of each chapter for quick revision - Presented in a student-friendly format with more line diagrams, high quality clinical pictures, radiographs, tables, flowcharts and boxes for better understanding of the subject - Emphasizes on understanding the clinical phenomena in terms of underlying tissue changes, thereby, correlating basic sciences with clinical aspects of periodontal disease and the various therapeutic measures currently in use - Includes completely updated chs like Cementum, Dental plaque, Clinical features of gingivitis, Role of iatrogenic and other local factors in periodontal disease, Periodontal instrumentation, Plaque control, Periodontal flap surgery, Peri-implantitis - 15 Educational videos as digital resource on www.medenact.com - Case- based scenarios provided in relevant chs for bridging the gap between theory and practice - Clinical Aspect of learned concepts emphasized with addition of more than 200 new line arts - Viva-voce and MCQ with answers given for all the chapters provided to recapitulate learnt concepts - Elaborate material on Case history recording and clinical examination provided in chapter on Clinical Diagnosis