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As evolution is a continous process with the advancement of the technology, the researches are in continuous to understand the cellular and molecular basic of every disease. As in most of the diseases conventional method is not giving satisfactory results, thus focus is on gene therapy located to treat not only inherited disease but also acquired ones. The gene therapy has broad spectrum application in the field of dentistry like in cancerous and precancerous condition, salivary gland disorders, autoimmune diseases, bone repair, DNA vaccination, etc. Thus, aim of this article is to focus in brief of the basic of gene therapy and about its applications in the field of dentistry.

The third edition of textbook of Oral Medicine aims to provide education research and service for healthcare professionals. This last edition of the book includes lot of changes and at the end of each chapter there are multiple choice questions for revision. The book is divided into five sections and has of a total 52 chapters. The first three sections talk about oral diseases, providing analysis of their etiology, diagnosis, histopathology, treatment and prognosis. The last two sections cover topics such as drugs used in dentistry, forensic dentistry, halitosis, controversial diseases, syndromes of oral cavity and geriatrics. Each chapter of this textbook contains numerous clinical images, illustrations, tables and is presented in a better organization manner. The aim of this textbook is to prepare dental practitioners to better serve each patient and to understand the basic sciences related to dentistry. This new updated edition is very useful for undergraduate and postgraduate students and young dentists.

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