Periodontal disease is a general term encompassing several non-tumoral diseases of the periodontium. Some periodontopathies are considered the periodontal manifestation of systemic diseases, e.g. so-called desquamative gingivitis, primary herpetic gingivostomatitis, hormonally mediated changes like "pregnancy gingivitis," and some others related to metabolic disturbances, e.g. diabetes mellitus. Drug-associated gingival inflammation, e.g. hydantoin-induced hyperplasia, and rapid onset infections possibly associated to psychosomatic distress like acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis (ANUG),...

Die fachliche Zuordnung der korrektiven Dermatologie als Grenzgebiet verschiedener Disziplinen der Medizin ist wie bei jedem Grenzgebiet nicht unumstritten. In der Dermatologie be sitzt sie seit Ende des vorigen Jahrhunderts einen festen Platz. Das nimmt nicht wunder, da eine Reihe dermatologischer Fach vertreter der ersten Stunde der Chirurgie entstammen. Ich nenne nur den Wiener E. Lang, beriihmt durch seine Lupus-Plastiken, und den Tiibinger K. Linser, einen der Viiter der Verodungs therapie von Varizen. Prominente Vertreter einer spiiteren, chir urgisch interessierten und engagierten...

Dermatosurgery cannot readily be therefore be to impart the knowledge assigned to anyone branch of medical that gives the dermatologist this free- science, and as with any borderline dom of choice. This involves the teach- case, this assignation is a matter of con- ing not only of the basic principles of troversy. Since the end of the last cen- dermatosurgery but also of the ability tury, the place of the subject in the field to discriminate according to the most of dermatology has been firmly estab- varied criteria. In this field, technical lished. This is hardly surprising, since knowledge,...