Immunology for Dentistry

The Editors Mohammad Tariqur Rahman, PhD, is Professor and Associate Dean (Continuing Education) in the Faculty of Dentistry at the University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He was also the founding President of the Malaysian Society of Oral Microbiology and Oral Immunology. Wim Teughels, PhD, is Professor of Periodontology and Oral Microbiology at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium. Richard J. Lamont, PhD, is Professor and Chair of the Department of Oral Immunology and Infectious Diseases at the University of Louisville in the USA.

"The book has a wealth of information for both undergraduate and postgraduate students, and is enhanced with relevant illustrations and schematic presentations. Some of the complex subjects of immunology are simplified using templates, colour diagrams and illustrations for easy understanding of the end user.To summarise, this excellent book provides an invaluable collection of useful information about oral immunology and its key aspect for dental medicine. This book is an essential read for both undergraduate and postgraduate students, and is an enjoyable read for anyone or any clinician willing to have a good grasp of oral immunology and the immune system."—Prashanth Narayanan, Associate Dentist, Larkham House Dental Practice, Plymouth, UK, Published in British Dental Journal (23:9 Nov 23)

• List of Contributors viiPreface ixAcknowledgements x1 Cells and Organs of the Immune System 1Anwarul Azim Akhand and Nazmul Ahsan2 Oral Immune System 13Maha Abdullah and Norhafizah Mohtarrudin3 Mechanisms of Immune Responses 26Mohammad Tariqur Rahman4 Immune Responses in Wound Healing of Oral Tissues 39Firdaus Hariri and Reezal Ishak5 Stem Cell Immunology 48Sabri Musa and Ngui Romano6 Trace Elements in Oral Immunology 61Wan Izlina Wan-Ibrahim, Zamri Radzi and Noor Azlin Yahya7 Oral Microbiome and Oral Cancer 79Manosha Perera, Irosha Perera and W.M. Tilakaratne8 Oral Microbiome and Periodontitis 100Rathna Devi Vaithilingam and Chia Wei Cheah9 Periodontitis and Systemic Diseases 114Rathna Devi Vaithilingam and Nor Adinar Baharuddin10 Immunology of Tooth Movement and Root Resorption in Orthodontics 134Wan Nurazreena Wan Hassan and Rachel J. Waddington11 Sex Hormone Modulation in Periodontal Inflammation and Healing 156Aruni Tilakaratne12 Dental Alloy- associated Innate Immune Response 165Dessy Rachmawati and Cornelis J. Kleverlaan13 Inflammation and Immune Response in Arthrogenous Temporomandibular Disorders 187Siew Wui Chan and Wei Seong Toh14 Prospects of Passive Immunotherapy to Treat Pulpal Inflammation 202Shelly Arora, Srinivas Sulugodu Ramachandra, Paul R. Cooper and Haizal M. Hussaini15 Techniques in Immunology 215Mohammad Tariqur Rahman and Muhammad Manjurul Karim16 Control Selection and Statistical Analyses in Immunological Research 239Mohammad Tariqur Rahman and Noor Lide Abu KassimIndex 252