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ISSN (Print) 1013-9052
EISSN 1658-3558
The Saudi Dental Journal,
P.O. Box 52500,
Riyadh 11563,
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Some modern aspects of periodontal disease
A. Bergenholtz, DDS, Cert.O.Surg., Cert.Perio,
Dr.Odont;*
L. Jorkjend, DDS, Lic.Odont.**
*Professor & Chairman, Department of
Periodontics
**Professor of Periodontics, School of Dentistry,
University of Umea, Malmo, Sweden
During
the last three to four decades, extensive changes in opinion concerning the
etiology, pathogenesis, and treatment of periodontal disease have taken place.
During these decades, contributing factors are stan dardized and controlled
trials, as well as epidemiological studies, were performed. Periodontics is no
longer an art as it was at the end of the 19th century- it is a science based
on research.
Pyorrhea alveoiaris or periodontitis has been considered a multifactorial disease with bad prognosis which, together with caries, causes loss of teeth in the population. It was supposed to affect most of the population with age progress, trauma from occlusion, systemic diseases, and bad oral hygiene. The discovery that plaque was the cause of gingivitis, and that the subgingival microflora differed in composition between sites, teeth, and individuals created new suggestions and demands for the treatment of periodontal disease. The aim of this paper is to summarize some modern aspects on periodontal disease. Saudi Dental Journal 1990;2(4):156-164. |