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<div>Preface</div><div><br></div><div>The Periodontics Syllabus has assisted Navy dental officers in the practice of periodontics for more than 20 years. It is directed toward the individual general practitioner , since it is he who must assume the responsibility for treating the vast majority of patients with periodontal disease. The general dentist today must have the knowledge, the skills, and the motivation to manage most of the periodontal problems that confront him . His responsibility for providing total patient care is in no way diminished by the fact that the Navy Dental Corps includes limited numbers of specialists. Only when the general practitioner and the periodontist combine their efforts and experience in preventing and treating periodontal disease will patients receive dental care of the quality that dentistry professes to provide .</div><div><br></div><div>The Syllabus is not intended as a textbook but as a manual to complement various inservice training programs. It is therefore uniquely geared to the practice of periodontics in the Navy. The hope is that the general practitioner will gain a better picture of the field, including an understanding of certain procedures that would normally be undertaken only by a periodontist.</div><div><br></div><div>G . D. SELFRIDGE</div><div>Rear Admiral, DC, USN</div><div>Commanding Officer</div><div>Naval Graduate Dental School</div><div>Bethesda, Maryland</div>
<br>Subjects: Dental Corps; dentistry;</div>
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U.S. Naval Graduate Dental School</div>
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