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Book SynopsisPart 1: Fundamentals of Oral Biofilm Formation.- Chapter 1: The Biofilm Microenvironment: Structure & Function.- Chapter 2: Coping with Stress in Bacterial Communities: Heterogeneity of Stress Responses and Methods for Mapping Them.- Chapter 3: The Oral Biofilm Microenvironment.- Chapter 4: Pellicle, Adhesion and Early Colonization.- Chapter 5: The extracellular matrix: A scaffold for microbial community assembly and function.- Chapter 6: Molecular, Cellular and Ecological Aspects of Dental Biofilm Development.- Chapter 7: The oral mucosa-fungi interactome. Part 2: Oral Biofilm-Related Diseases.- Chapter 8: Cariogenic biofilms.- Chapter 9: Endodontic biofilms.- Chapter 10: Microbial Biofilms and Pathobiology of Gingivitis and Periodontitis.- Chapter 11: Subgingival ecology of the periodontal pocket.- Chapter 12: Implant related biofilms.- Part 3: Studying Biofilms in vitro or ex vivo.- Chapter 13: Molecular tools for oral biofilm analyses.- Chapter 14: Single, dual species, synthetic community oral biofilm models: New insight provided by biofilm research on the role of bacteriophage and Candidate Phyla Radiation group, as well as community level dynamics.- Chapter 15: Multispecies oral biofilm models.- Chapter 16: Role of saliva in oral biofilm models.- Chapter 17: Preclinical models and methodologies to study biofilms associated with dental caries.- Chapter 18: Models to study interactions between host and oral biofilms.- Part 4: Clinical Studies on Oral biofilms.- Chapter 19: Cohort, longitudinal and cross-sectional studies (Caries related).- Chapter 20: Cohort, longitudinal and cross-sectional studies (Periodontits related).- Chapter 21: Fundamentals of Omics Applications in the Study of Common Oral Diseases.- Chapter 22: Ecological modulation of oral biofilms: novel approaches to treat and prevent oral diseases.- Chapter 23: Innovative, non-antibiotic-based approaches to oral biofilm-related diseases.- Part 5: Future Perspectives.- Chapter 24: The future of oral biofilms research.
