TOPIC: DENTAL PLAQUE 📌 POINTS TO PONDER  🔺Dental plaque can be defined as the soft deposits that form the biofilm adhering to the tooth surface or other hard surfaces in the oral cavity, including...

TOPIC: CLASSIFICATION OF PERIODONTAL DISEASES 📌 POINTS TO PONDER  ➡️ Main features of AAP 1999 classification system are as follows: 🔹Addition of gingival disease component: Comprehensive section of...

TOPIC: MICROORGANISMS ASSOCIATED  📌 POINTS TO PONDER  📣 PERIODONTAL HEALTH  🔹Beneficial species of the host affect the disease progression by preventing the colonization/proliferation of pathogenic...

TOPIC:GINGIVA 📌POINTS TO PONDER  GINGIVA 🔸It is the part of mucosa that covers the alveolar processes of jaws and surrounds the necks of the teeth. 🔸A modern definition states that it is the fibrous...

📌 POINTS TO PONDER ✴️ Common age changes in all periodontal tissues: 🔹Narrowing of vessel lumen 🔹Thickening of vessel walls 🔹Loss of cellularity 🔹Increasing fibrosis...

📌 POINTS TO PONDER 🔹Fenestration is window-like circumscribed defect, whereas dehiscence is cleft-like split defect. 🔹Osteoblasts are bone builders, whereas osteoclasts are bone consumers. 🔹Matrix Gla...