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Harvard School of Dental Medicine Boston, MA, USA

      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