The textbook Periodontal disease and overall health: a clinician's guide was launched recently at Chandos House in London and is available to all dental professionals to download as a PDF from www.colgateprofessional.co.uk.

The launch was attended by a wide range of educators and periodontists.

The publication, supported by an educational grant from Colgate, was edited by Drs Robert J. Genco and Ray C. Williams; their goal to 'present the emerging and compelling evidence that periodontal disease is a risk for several systemic conditions and to look at the role of oral health in contributing to overall health'. The book also seeks to provide the reader with a guide to patient management in which dentistry and medicine work together.