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This module is presented via the World Wide Web (WWW) as part of your didactic periodontal curriculum for DENT 5611 (Periodontology I). This course is offered each Fall Semester for dental and dental hygiene students at the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry. To learn how this module is integrated into the course evaluation and grading, please review your course syllabus.

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Module Author Bashar Bakdash, DDS, MPH, MSD Professor and Director Division of Periodontology Department of Preventive Sciences School of Dentistry University of Minnesota E-mail: bakda001@tc.umn.edu

Instructional Designer Patricia Rizzi Health Sciences Learning Resources University of Minnesota E-mail: rizzi001@tc.umn.edu

Graphic Artist Jeffrey McNair Formerly, Biomedical Graphic Communications University of Minnesota

Sound Paul Eide University Media Resources Distance Education University of Minnesota E-mail: eidex003@umn.edu

Webmaster Richard Ruth Dental Learning Resource Center School of Dentistry University of Minnesota E-mail: ruthx008@tc.umn.edu

Acknowledgements

The information presented in this module is based on the author's clinical and teaching experiences. Certain portions have been adapted from a number of sources including but not limited to:

Bakdash, B. Periodontal Case Presentation. [Programmed self-instructional text]. School of Dentistry, University of Minnesota, 1976 and 1980.

Grant, D.A., Stern, I.B. & Everett, F.G. Orban’s Periodontics. Fifth Ed. C.V. Mosby Co., St. Louis, 1979.

Parr, R.W. & Pipe, P. Periodontal Maintenance Therapy. Praxis Publishing Co., Berkeley, 1974.

Deepest gratitude to Jeffrey Carlson and Georgia Majerus for their valuable input and editorial suggestions.

This module was funded in part by the Minnesota Periodontology Electronic and Digital Technologies Project.

Copyright 1999-2004, by the Regents of the University of Minnesota. Twin Cities. Division of Periodontology, Department of Preventive Sciences. All rights reserved. Do not copy or reproduce without permission.

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