Preparations for the 4th edition of Clinical Periodontology and Implant Dentistry started in 2001 when all senior authors of the various chapters of the current text were identified and invited to join the team of contributors. The authors were selected because of their reputations as leading researchers, clinicians or teachers in Periodontology, Prosthetic Dentistry, Implant Dentistry and associated domains. Their task was simple but demanding; within your field of expertise, find all relevant information, digest the knowledge and present to the reader a "state of the art" text that can be appreciated by (i) the student of dentistry and dental hygiene, (ii) the graduate student of Periodontology and related domains and (iii) the practicing.
