Oral Mucosa in Health and Disease

1. Structure and Functions of the Oral Mucosa
Alan T. Cruchley, Lesley Ann Bergmeier

2. Cell-Cell Interactions in the Oral Mucosa: Tight Junctions and Gap Junctions
Hong Wan, Hanan Gadmor, Louise Brown

3. Anchoring Junctions in the Oral Mucosa: Adherens Junctions and Desmosomes
Hong Wan, Hanan Gadmor, Louise Brown

4. Immunology of the Oral Mucosa
Lesley Ann Bergmeier

5. Mucosal Homeostasis of the Oral Mucosa
Jean-Pierre Allam, Natalija Novak

6. Wound Healing in the Oral Mucosa
Patricio C. Smith, Constanza Martínez

7. Saliva and Gingival Crevicular Fluid: Contributions to Mucosal Defense
Hayder F. Saloom, Guy H. Carpenter

8. Oral Cancer: Recent Developments and Future Challenges
E. Kenneth Parkinson

9. Epigenetics in the Oral Cavity
Lena Larsson

10. Infections of the Oral Mucosa and Immune Responses
Lesley Ann Bergmeier

11. Non-infectious Diseases of the Oral Mucosa: The Importance of Immune Functions
Lesley Ann Bergmeier, Farida Fortune

12. Clinical Management of Oral Mucosal Disease: A Literature Review
Lesley Ann Bergmeier, Farida Fortune

13. Future Directions of Research in the Oral Mucosa
Lesley Ann Bergmeier, E. Kenneth Parkinson

Keywords: Dentistry, Dentistry, Immunology, Cell Biology