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Dental calculus
Dental calculus is mineralized, mature plaque covered on its surface with nonmineralized plaque, material alba, desquamated epithelial cells, and formed blood elements The bacterial components are...
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Periodontitis classification
The new periodontitis classification is more descriptive and not temporal as was the previous system. The terms adult, juvenile, early onset, and prepubertal have been replaced with various forms of...
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Risk factors for periodontal disease
Risk factors for periodontal disease – The expression risk in this context means that, in the presence of a given factor, injury to or loss of periodontal tissue is a possibility. Risk factors may be...
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Periodontal infection
Concepts about the etiology, pathogenesis, and treatment of the periodontal infection have changed significantly over the years. New levels ot understanding are reflected in the periodontal disease...
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Periodontal disease classification
Periodontal disease classification- The 1989 World Workshop in Clinical Periodontics recommended the following categories of periodontitis. This system is the one most familiar to a majority of...
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Gingivitis
Gingivitis is inflammation of the gingival tissues in the absence of clinical attachment lost. It may be characterized by edema, erythema, increased gingival temperature, and occasionally pain. As the...
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Periodontal disease
The etiology of the periodontal disease is multifactorial, but bacterial plaque is necessary tor the initiation and progress kin of inflammatory periodontal disease. As indicated by the new...
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Is gingivitis contagious
The question Is gingivitis contagious is often asked by many people as this is one of the most common diseases that is prevalent in nearly all age groups of the society. It is essentially caused by the...
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Gum infection symptoms
Gum infection symptoms – With increase in junk food across the world, people are beginning to come across new kinds of diseases and medical conditions. Many of these conditions are related to the...
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In occlusal trauma, the etiologic factor is any force in excess of the adaptive capacity of the periodontium, the morbid pathobiologic event is injury within the periodontal ligament and alveolar bone,...
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