“CONTEMPORARY DILEMMAS IN PERIODONTAL PRACTISE”

The first rule of discovery is to have brains and the second rule is to have a bright idea with controversies. So, controversy is the first step to discovery. The reason being deficient knowledge of the etiological factors, technical difficulties and patient related factor affecting the treatment outcomes.Periodontitis is a chronic multifactorial inflammatory disease associated with dysbiotic plaque biofilms and characterized by progressive destruction of tooth- supporting apparatus1 and it is characterized by (i) clinical attachment loss (ii) pocket formation (iii) bone loss (iv) pathological migration of teeth (v) mobility and (vi) if untreated leads to exfoliation of teeth..So, the aim of this book is to evaluate in details about their controversies and jot down them together for further use.