The purpose of this study was to assess the effects of smoking on periodontal tissues and halitosis. The study group consisted of 287 individuals. They received full mouth periodontal examinations and measurements of volatile sulfur compounds in mouth. The study group consisted of 76 non-smokers, 63 former smokers and 148 current smokers. The results showed that the mean clinical attachment lev...

background :   a  lot  of  studies  have  shown  periodontal  diseases  as  a  risk  factor  for  adverse  pregnancy  out­comes. the  as­sociation  between  periodontitis  and  preeclampsia  has  been  studied  recently  with  contro­versy. considering  the  importance  of  preventing  preeclampsia  as  a  dangerous  and  life-threatening  disease  in  pregnant  women,  the  pre­sent  study  wa...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effects of periodontal non-surgical therapy on serum levels of the inflammatory cytokines in chronic periodontitis subjects with stable coronary heart disease. METHODS Seventy-five subjects with both chronic periodontitis (CP) and stable coronary heart disease (CHD) were enrolled in the study. Forty subjects received periodontal nonsurgical treatment including oral h...

Dental health was evaluated in two populations of raccoons (Procyon lotor) in western Illinois (USA); one was from a rural agricultural area with low human density and the other from a nearby state park heavily used by humans and raccoons. From 1989 through 1993, 300 raccoons were live-trapped in the agricultural area and 246 raccoons were live-trapped in the park. Oral health was assessed usin...

BACKGROUND Currently, a large variety of classifications is used for periodontitis as a risk factor for other diseases. None of these classifications quantifies the amount of inflamed periodontal tissue, while this information is needed to assess the inflammatory burden posed by periodontitis. AIM To develop a classification of periodontitis that quantifies the amount of inflamed periodontal ...

1 attachment, which is lost during disease. This type of regeneration is described by the term 'New attachment'. New attachment is the embedding of new periodontal ligament fibres on to new cementum previously denuded by the periodontal disease. Factors interfering with new attachment are plaque, calculus, infected cementum and alterations in mineral density and composition of root. These obsta...

Intraoral piercing has increased in popularity in the last few years. This type of jewelry has been associated with periodontal and muco-gingival defects such as attachment loss and gingival recession. This case report described a 25-year-old female presented to the clinic of Periodontics at Witten/Herdecke University in Witten, Germany, with a tongue stud placed through the mid-dorsum of her t...

Periodontal disease causes tooth loss by destroying the attachment system and supporting tissues. therapy seeks to not only halt advancement of periodontal disease, but also repair lost structures caused progression. Extracellular matrix (ECM) is a complex three-dimensional network made up an array multidomain macromolecules organised in cell/tissue-specific manner that serves as structural sca...