The Department of Periodontics provides didactic and clinic instruction in Periodontology at the predoctoral and postdoctoral levels. The department also provides instruction via continuing dental education courses to practicing dentists and hygienists. Training is adjusted to the level of competency of the student. Clinical areas of instruction include periodontal examination, diagnosis, treatment planning, case presentation and communication, therapies, and outcome assessments in otherwise healthy as well as medically compromised patients. Didactic areas of instruction include the normal periodontium at the macro and microscopic level, periodontal pathology including intra-oral lesions associated with periodontal conditions, periodontal microbiology and immunology, pain control and pharmacology applicable to periodontal treatments, cell biology, wound healing including periodontal regeneration, dental implantology, case management, epidemiology and statistics in Periodontology.