An introduction to the human dentition / Stephen Creanor -- Oral embryology / Stuart McDonald -- Tooth development / Stephen Creanor, Kamran Ali and Bing Hu -- Enamel / Paul Anderson and Stephen Creanor -- The dentine-pulp complex / Stephen Creanor, Christopher Tredwin and Taher Elgalaid -- Cementum / Stephen Creanor -- Alveolar bone / Stephen Creanor and Kamran Ali -- The periodontal ligament (PDL) / Vehid Salih and Svetislav Zaric -- Oral mucosa / Kamran Ali -- The gingiva / Ewen McColl and Stephen Creanor -- Tooth eruption and development of the occlusion / Declan Millett and Stephen Creanor -- The salivary glands / Stephen Creanor and Kamran Ali -- Saliva / Stephen Creanor and Kamran Ali -- Maxillary sinus / Stuart McDonald, Stephen Creanor and Kamran Ali -- The temporomandibular joint / Stuart McDonald and Stephen Creanor -- The tongue / Stuart McDonald and Stephen Creanor -- Lymph nodes of the head and neck and the tonsils / Stuart McDonald -- Dental plaque and calculus / Louise Belfield -- Dental caries : the biological basis / Stephen Creanor -- Introduction to periodontal disease / Gerry Linden and Lewis Winning.