Assessment
This is the clinical sign of "active disease" meaning that bacteria is present and there is deterioration occurring
What is bleeding (or bleeding on probing)?
This is responsible for almost all of the tissue damage caused during periodontitis
What is the host immune response?
The group of bacteria closely associated with chronic periodontitis
What is Red Complex bacteria?
This immune cell is most predominant in the infiltration of connective tissues.
What is a neutrophil?
Buffering acids and distributing minerals are protective functions of this substance.
What is saliva?
These three (3) factors are used to determine periodontal stage
What are: Clinical Attachment loss (CAL), Radiographic bone loss (RBL) and tooth loss due to periodontitis?
This refers to tissues being examined at the cellular level.
What is histological?
This bacteria, associated with chronic periodontitis, is known to be toxin-producing.
What is P. gingivalis (Porphyromonas gingivalis)
This white blood cell is recognized by its dense and distinct granules, which appear dark purple after Gram staining.
What are basophils?
This is the first of four stages in gingival inflammation
What is the initial lesion?
This condition is seen to some extent in almost all elderly patients and is usually a direct result of the cumulative effects of bacteria and trauma
What is gingival recession?
The way a disease begins and progresses (origination and development of the disease)
What is Pathogenesis?
These have thin cell membranes with Lipopolysaccharides (LPS) which trigger immune response.
What are Gram negative bacteria?
These white blood cells are associated with allergic reactions, and appears both purple and red after Gram staining.
What are eosinophils?
The boundaries defining this area (in health) are tooth surface on one side and free gingiva on the other.
What is the sulcus?
Vertical and horizontal are two types of this factor, which is used to assess periodontal status.
What is bone loss?
This describes the number of healthy individuals who contract a disease during a specified (current) time period.
What is incidence?
These three (3) organisms make up the Red Complex bacteria
What are: Porphyromonas gingivalis, Treponema denticola, and Tannerella forsythia?
These are the 2 primary classifications of leukocytes by shape of nucleus
What are mononucleic and polymorphonucleic (PMN)?
Glucose concentration is 4 times higher in this fluid than in the blood.
What is Gingival crevicular fluid (GCF)?
Along with saliva and leukocytes in the dentogingival area, this is a natural defense mechanism of saliva.
What is Gingival Crevicular Fluid (GCF?)
This characteristic of a test for disease means that the healthy people in a population are correctly identified as NOT having the disease. (Test avoids false positives)
What is specificity?
This bacteria is strongly associated with aggressive periodontitis.
What is Aa (Aggregatibactor actinomycetemcomitons)
These two (2) body responses to inflammation, cause redness and swelling.
What are: Vascular dilation and increased blood flow?
This term refers to the structures that attach epithelial cells to a basal membrane.
What are hemidesmosomes?