Periodontitis as a chronic infectious process and its optimization treatment by influencing pathogenetic mechanisms
AUTHORS : Sibireva I.I. | Kuksenko V.M. | Galieva G.S.
RELEVANT UNIVERSITIES : Ivanovo, Russia
YEAR : 2009
Periodontal diseases are mainly caused by infectious processes of a bacterial nature, in which nearby tooth structures are involved. With periodontitis,
destruction of dental cells and collagen tissues occurs, followed by tooth loss. In this disease, the main role is assigned to the bacteria of the supragingival dental
deposits, which stimulate a number of responses of the immune system (inflammatory and specific), which determines the action of most pathogenetic
mechanisms. On this basis, periodontitis can be considered a chronic infectious disease with numerous specific characteristics