Microbial biofilms in the oral cavity are involved in the etiology of various oral conditions, including caries, periodontal and endodontic diseases, oral malodor, denture stomatitis, candidiasis and dental implant failures....

Oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) instruments have being widely used in oral health studies. However, most OHRQoL measures are designed to assess the adult population, mainly due to the difficulties for developing such measures for children and their validation....

This book presents an in-depth analysis of microwave interactions with cementitious materials. Specially, the cementitious behavior of pozzolan and Type I Portland Cement has been discussed and compared when subjected to conventional and microwave processing....

Glass defects which result into poor quality are a major reason of embarrassment for manufacturers. It is an extremely tedious process to manually inspect very large size glasses. The manual inspection process is slow, time-consuming and prone to human error....

Restoration repair of tooth structures, do not stop caries, have a finite life span and are susceptible to disease. Therefore a shift has been identified from management of dental caries towards improved diagnosis of non-cavitated, incipient lesion and treatment for prevention and arrest of such lesion....

Conscious sedation is dentistry without fear. Advancement in administration and action of sedative drugs finds its greater application in pediatric patient....