Includes bibliographical references and index.

General microbiology / Robert A. Burne -- The immune system and host defense / P.M. Lydyard and M.F. Cole -- The oral environment / Frank A. Scannapieco -- Isolation, classification, and identification of oral microorganisms / Eugene J. Leys ... [et al.] -- Oral microbial ecology / Howard F. Jenkinson and Richard J. Lamont -- Oral microbial physiology / Robert E. Marquis -- Genetics and molecular biology of oral microorganisms / Susan Kinder Haake and Donald J. LeBlanc -- Applied molecular biology and the oral microbes / Hansel M. Fletcher, Ann Progulske-Fox, and Jeffrey D. Hillman -- Population genetics of oral bacteria / Mogens Kilian --

Oral microbiology and the immune response / Michael F. Cole and Peter M. Lydyard -- Caries / Robert G. Quivey Jr. -- Periodontal diseases / Susan Kinder Haake ... [et al.] -- Oral virology / Matti Sallberg -- Fungi and fungal infections of the oral cavity / Richard D. Cannon and Norman A. Firth -- Endodontic microbiology / Burton Rosan and Louis Rossman -- Systemic disease and the oral microbiota / Susan Camp ... [et al.] -- Antibiotics and the treatment of infectious diseases / Donald J. LeBlanc ... [et al.] -- Infection control in dentistry / J. Christopher Fenno, Wilson A. Coulter, and Dennis E. Lopatin.