Precision Periodontics- A Review
Author(s):
Arathi Anil*, Arun Biju Balakrishnan KV, Maya Rajan Peter and Reshma Suresh
Periodontal diseases are common inflammatory diseases that affect the gingiva and tooth supporting apparatus. In the early stages treatment of periodontal disease involves reversibility of gingivitis so that progression to periodontitis is halted. Resolution of inflammation plus the biofilm attached to the tooth surfaces removed through mechanotherapy, gingival health is restored. However, in the later stage of the disease, periodontitis is irreversible and nonresolving in nature. Therefore, it is generally accepted that etiology of periodontal disease is microbial in nature. Disease progression itself is host mediated. Various modifiable and non-modifiable risk factor contribute to development of periodontitis.
