CONTENTS
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1. Introduction 1-4
2. Review of Literature 5-17
3.
Discussion
Overview of Immune System 18-20
Inflammation - Innate Immunity 21-46
Antibodies 47-56
Hypersensitivity 57-62
Immunology of Periodontal Diseases 63-102
o Pathogen - Reactive Immune Repertoire and
Superantigens Activity in Periodontitis
o Role of Inflammatory Cytokines in Periodontal
Diseases
o Role of Th I- And Th2- Type (Lymphokines) in
Periodontal Diseases
o Immune Components and Alveolar Bone Loss
o Cytokines and the Loss of Gingival Connective
Tissue
o Role of Growth Factors and Cytokines in the
pathogenesis of drug induced Gingival
Enlargement
4. CONCLUSION 103-104
5. BIBLIOGRAPHY 105-118