Charles Hawley, DDS, PhD Tufts University School of Dental Medicine Boston, MA, USA
Daniel Kuan‐te Ho, DMD, DMSc, MSc School of Dentistry, University of Texas at Houston Houston, TX, USA
T. Howard Howell, DDS Harvard School of Dental Medicine Boston, MA, USA
Giuseppe Intini, DDS, MS, PhD University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Y. Natalie Jeong, DMD, MA Tufts University School of Dental Medicine Boston, MA, USA
Nadeem Karimbux, DMD, MMSc Tufts University School of Dental Medicine Boston, MA, USA
David M. Kim, DDS, DMSc Harvard School of Dental Medicine Boston, MA, USA
Soo‐Woo Kim, DMD, MS Harvard School of Dental Medicine Boston, MA, USA
Samuel Koo, DDS, MS Private Practice Boston, MA, USA
Tae H. Kwon, DDS, MMSc Private Practice Keene, NH, USA
N. Joseph Laborde III, DDS, MMSc Private Practice Fort Worth, TX, USA
Camille Neste Laboy, DDS, MPH Private Practice Puerto Rico, USA
Po Lee, DDS, MS Tufts University School of Dental Medicine Boston, MA, USA
Samuel Lee, DMD, DMSc Private Practice San Diego, CA, USA
Mark A. Lerman, DMD Tufts University School of Dental Medicine Boston, MA, USA
Paul A. Levi, Jr., DMD Tufts University School of Dental Medicine Boston, MA, USA
Liran Levin, DMD, FRCD(C), FIADT, FICD Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Helen Livson, DMD, MMSc Private Practice Wellesley, MA, USA
Mohamed A. Maksoud, DMD Harvard University School of Dental Medicine Boston, MA, USA
Lorenzo Mordini, DDS, MS Tufts University School of Dental Medicine Boston, MA, USA
Marc L. Nevins, DMD, MMSc Harvard School of Dental Medicine Boston, MA, USA
Myron L. Nevins, DMD, MMSc Harvard School of Dental Medicine Boston, MA, USA
Thomas T. Nguyen, DMD, MSc, FRCD(C) Harvard School of Dental Medicine Boston, MA, USA
Rory O’Neil, DMD, BDS, MSc Tufts University School of Dental Medicine Boston, MA, USA
Panos Papaspyridakos, DDS, PhD, MS Tufts University School of Dental Medicine Boston, MA, USA
Aikaterini Papathanasiou, DDM, DMD Tufts University School of Dental Medicine Boston, MA, USA
Carlos Parra, DDS School of Dentistry, Texas A&M University Dallas, TX, USA
Campo E. Perez, Jr., DDS University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine Pennsylvania, PA, USA
Aruna Ramesh, BDS, MS, DMD Tufts University School of Dental Medicine Boston, MA, USA
Pooyan Refahi, DMD, MS Tufts University School of Dental Medicine Boston, MA, USA
Belen Retamal‐Valdes, DDS, MSc, PhD Department of Periodontology, Guarulhos University Guarulhos, São Paulo, Brazil
Vinicius Souza Rodrigues, DDS, SDD, DMSc University of Detroit Mercy Dental School Detroit, MI, USA
Samar Shaikh, BDS, MS Tufts University School of Dental Medicine Boston, MA, USA
Sarah D. Shih, DDS, MS, DMSc Private Practice Boston, MA, USA
Roslayn Sulyanto, DMD, MS Harvard School of Dental Medicine Boston, MA, USA
Ningyuan Sun, B.D.S, Ph.D Tufts University School of Dental Medicine Boston, MA, USA
Jennifer F. Taschner, DDS, MMSc Private Practice Fort Myers, FL, USA
Ronny S. Taschner, DDS Private Practice Fort Myers, FL, USA
Flavia Teles, DDS, MS, DMSc University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine Pennsylvania, PA, USA
Ricardo Teles, DDS, DMSc (Deceased) Formerly University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine Pennsylvania, PA, USA
Naciye G. Uzel, DMD, DMSc Tufts University School of Dental Medicine Boston, MA, USA
Livia Valverde, DDS, MS, PhD, DMSc Tufts University School of Dental Medicine Boston, MA, USA
Shankar Rengasamy Venugopalan, BDS, DDS, PhD, DMSc University of Iowa College of Dentistry and Dental Clinics Iowa City, IA, USA
Philip Walton, DDS, MMSc Private Practice Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Howard H. Yen, DMD Private Practice Keene, NH, USA
PREFACE
A dental student at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine (TUSDM) recently asked me about why I chose a career in “academics.” I told the student that as I progressed through the early years of my education I was not only exposed to topics in medicine and dentistry (basic knowledge and clinical skills) but was also required to conduct a research project and obliged to present clinical cases to my fellow students. My research experiences honed skills that have served me throughout my career: the ability to ask questions (curiosity), the intellect to review the literature (interpreting the scientific evidence), and the background needed to apply research methods (quantitative and qualitative) to answer my questions. My early experiences in presenting cases to classmates and faculty allowed me the good fortune of teaching others and learning from others. It is these collective experiences that led to an academic career in clinical care, teaching and research.
As my career has progressed, that ability to balance all three aspects (the triple threat) is no longer viable in a world that is fast‐paced and much more complex. As a Dean of TUSDM I find myself involved in much administration. However, it is efforts such as editor of the second edition of Clinical Cases in Periodontology that take me back to my roots: connecting with my fellow clinicians (faculty, colleagues, and residents), taking a problem‐based approach to clinical cases, and using an evidence‐based approach to answer the clinical questions posed by the clinical cases.
I thank my current and past faculty and residents for the care they provide to their patients and for allowing me to stay connected to my roots.
Nadeem Karimbux
Tufts University School of Dental Medicine
ABOUT THE COMPANION WEBSITE
The companion website for this book is at
www.wiley.com/go/karimbux/periodontics
The website contains –
Videos from within the book as downloadable PowerPoint slides
Figures from within the book as downloadable PowerPoint slides