Table of Contents

Contributors

Preface

1 Oral Wound Healing: An Overview

Hannu Larjava

2 Hemostasis, Coagulation and Complications

Carol Oakley and Hannu Larjava

3 Inflammation and Wound Healing

Anna Turabelidze and Luisa Ann DiPietro

4 Specialized Pro-resolving Lipid Derived Fatty Acid Mediators: Wiring the Circuitry of Effector Immune Homeostasis

Gabrielle Fredman and Charles N. Serhan

5 Re-epithelialization of Wounds

Leeni Koivisto, Lari Häkkinen and Hannu Larjava

6 Granulation Tissue Formation and Remodeling

Lari Häkkinen, Hannu Larjava and Leeni Koivisto

7 Angiogenesis and Wound Healing: Basic Discoveries, Clinical Implications and Therapeutic Opportunities

Peter J. Polverini

8 Wound Healing of Extraction Sockets

Roberto Farina and Leonardo Trombelli

9 Flap Designs for Periodontal Healing

Leonardo Trombelli and Roberto Farina

10 Periodontal Regeneration: Experimental Observations – Clinical Consequences

Ulf M.E. Wikesjö, Cristiano Susin, Jaebum Lee, Douglas P. Dickinson and Giuseppe Polimeni

11 Biological Agents and Cell Therapies in Periodontal Regeneration

Hannu Larjava, Yi Yang, Edward Putnins, Jyrki Heino and Lari Häkkinen

12 Wound Healing Around Dental Implants

Cristina Cunha Villar, Guy Huynh-Ba, Michael P. Mills and David L. Cochran

13 The Pulp Healing Process: From Generation to Regeneration

Stéphane Simon, Anthony J. Smith, Philip J. Lumley, Paul R. Cooper, and Ariane Berdal

14 Dermal Wound Healing and Burn Wounds

Anthony Papp

15 Healing of Large Dentofacial Defects

George K.B. Sándor, Robert P. Carmichael, Leena P. Ylikontiola, Ahmed Jan, Marc G. DuVal and Cameron M.L. Clokie

Index