Periodontitis is an infection-driven inflammatory disease in which the composition of biofilms
plays a significant role. Dental plaque accumulation at the gingival margin initiates an …

Periodontal diseases comprise a wide range of inflammatory conditions that affect the
supporting structures of the teeth (the gingiva, bone and periodontal ligament), which could …

Background Major scientific advances in periodontology in the past 150 years have
fundamentally changed how clinicians detect and treat periodontal diseases. These …

Periodontitis is a common inflammatory disease of infectious origins that often evolves into a
chronic condition. Aside from its importance as a stomatologic ailment, chronic periodontitis …

Periodontitis affects roughly one-third of the US population. A timely diagnosis of chronic
periodontitis at its earliest stage is essential to avoid more challenging severe stages of the …

Chronic adult periodontitis is a bacterially induced chronic inflammatory disease that
destroys the connective tissue and bone that support teeth. Concepts of the specific …

Increasing evidence has suggested an independent association between periodontitis and
a range of comorbidities, for example cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, rheumatoid …

Periodontal diseases are infections. They have a number of properties in common with
infections in other parts of the body, but have unique features resulting from the passage of …

Over the past 70 years, a number of astute clinicians in the field of dental medicine have
observed and recorded the relationship between periodontopathies and systemic …

New concepts evolve when existing ones fail to address known factors adequately or are
invalidated by new evidence. For decades periodontitis has been considered to be caused …