1 Introduction
2 The mouth as a microbial habitat
3 The resident oral microflora
4 Acquisition, adherence, distribution and metabolism of the oral microflora
5 Dental plaque
6 Plaque mediated diseases - dental caries and periodontal diseases
7 Orofacial bacterial infections
8 Antimicrobial prophylaxis
9 Oral fungal infection
10 Orofacial viral infections
11 Oral implications of infection in compromised patients
12 Infection control