Key Terms
Inflammation of the gingival tissue.
What is Gingivitis?
Commonly referred to as the gums.
What is Gingiva
Most common human disease, but one of the easiest to treat
What is gingivitis?
Inflammation of the supporting tissues of the teeth.
What is Periodontitis?
Primary cause of periodontal disease.
What is plaque?
Refers to the area below the gingiva
What is subgingival?
The space between the tooth and the free Gingiva.
What is the Sulcus
Found in the epithelium
What is found in the epithelium
This many basic types of periodontal disease have been identified by the American Academy of Periodontology.
What is seven?
Calculus can penetrate into the gingiva.
True or False
What is false?
A soft deposit on teeth that consists of bacteria and bacterial by products
What is plaque?
The bone that supports the tooth in its position within the jaw.
What is the Alveolar Bone
Can be reversed
What disease can be reversed?
The severities of periodontal disease are
What is slight, moderate, and severe or advanced?
The risk factor to obtain the two basic forms of periodontal disease.
What is Poor Oral Hygiene?
made up of calcium and phosphate salts in saliva that became mineralized and adhere to the tooth surfaces
What is calculus?
The tissue at the base of the Sulcus where the Gingiva attaches to the tooth.
What is the Epithelial Attachment
Redness, swelling, and bleeding gums
Are the characteristics of what?
When 30% or more of the mouth is affected, it is called
What is generalized?
Producing risk factors from the bacteria in the dental plaque that destroys periodontal tissue.
What is Enzymes and Toxins?
An inflammatory disease of the supporting tissues of the teeth
What is periodontitis?
What is the structure that's primary function is to anchor the tooth to the boney socket.
What is the Cementum
Tends to retain bacterial plaque, food debris that results to gingivitis.
What appliance is this?
The following is associated with necrotizing ulcerative periodontitis
What is HIV/AIDS?
The virus HIV/AIDS increase gingival inflammation and often develop...
What is Necrotizing Ulcerative Periodontics (NUP)