Assessment of the periodontium has relied exclusively on a variety of physical measurements (e.g., attachment level, probing depth, bone loss, mobility, recession, degree of inflammation, etc.) in relation to various case definitions of periodontal disease. Periodontal health was often an afterthought and was simply defined as the absence of the signs and symptoms of a periodontal disease. Acco...

Introduction: It is important to preserve epithelial and connective tissue attachment at its original level after periapical surgery. The aim of this study was to compare the periodontal parameters after using the papilla base flap and the sulcular full-thickness flap procedures. Methods: Fourteen healthy patients with no periodontal disease referred for surgical treatment of periapical lesions...

Background and Aim: Periodontal disease may cause adverse pregnancy outcomes such as low birth weight (LBW) or preterm birth (PTB). In the present study, mothers with one of these two delivery complications were analyzed regarding presence/absence of periodontal disease as a possible risk factor in comparison with related medical risk factors.   Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectiona...

PURPOSE Our goal was to report the detection and levels of pathogenic bacteria in subgingival plaque samples taken from the distal of all second molars in 295 patients with asymptomatic third molars. PATIENTS AND METHODS Data assessing oral health were collected from each of these healthy patients (ASA Classes I and II). Probing depth (PD), at 6 sites per tooth, including third molars, was ob...

BACKGROUND Periodontal disease is associated with increased mortality in the general population, however its prognostic significance in chronic kidney disease (CKD) is not known. We evaluated the joint effect of periodontal disease and CKD on all-cause and cardiovascular mortality. METHODS Prospective observational study of 10,755 adult participants in the National Health and Nutrition Examin...

BACKGROUND Our purpose was to test the hypotheses that cigar and pipe smoking have significant associations with periodontal disease and cigar, pipe, and cigarette smoking is associated with tooth loss. We also investigated whether a history of smoking habits cessation may affect the risk of periodontal disease and tooth loss. METHODS A group of 705 individuals (21 to 92 years-old) who were a...

In the present report, five selected periodontal patients were treated for 1 week with metronidazole. Two of the patients had their teeth scales and root-planed the week they received metronidazole. Prior to treatment, B. asaccharolyticus accounted for 41% of the cultivable isolates and the spirochetes averaged 29% of the microscopic count in plaque removed from each of four pockets per patient...

Periodontal disease is an inflammatory response to the bacterial biofilm which leads inflammation of periodontal structures and further results in loss attachment bone severe cases mobility teeth, eventually may cause exfoliation teeth. Treatment option for excessive mobile teeth extraction replacement can be carried out with fixed partial denture or implant placement. In patients financial con...