Aetiology of Periodontal Diseases Flashcards
Describe how healthy gums would look
- Pink, firm, scalloped gingival margin with knife-edged papillae
- Free (marginal) gingiva
- Gingiva cuff 1-2mm wide around the neck of the tooth
- external wall of gingival sulcus 1-2mm deep
- mucoperiosteum bound to bone 2hcih splits at mucogingival junction-alveolar mucosa
What does interdental mean?
Between two teeth
What is found between teeth?
Soft tissues called inter proximal or interdental gingiva
what is free gingiva?
Gingiva hat is not attached to teeth or bone
What does free gingiva do?
Forms the wall of the gingival sulcus or crevice
What is the gingival margin?
Knife edged margin
What are the two basic periodontal diseases?
- Gingivitis
- Periodontitis
Both are inflammatory conditions triggered by bacteria
What are the differences between gingivitis and periodontitis?
Both are diseases of the gums but Gingivitis is reversible but Periodontitis is nor irreversible
What is the sequence of events that can lead to periodontitis?
- Supragingival plaque builds up
- This leads to gingivitis
- Crevice deepens (more than 3mm) and plaque extends subgingivally
- Leading to periodontitis
If the gingival crevice depth increases beyond a certain value Gingivitis can become Periodontitis. What is this depth value?
3mm
What is the most common type of gingivitis?
Plaque induced gingivitis
What are some clinical features of Plaque induced gingivitis
- Red, swollen, bleeding gingiva
- Blunting of papillae, loss of contour
- Reversible on removal of aetiological agent, plaque
- False pocket, not associated with bone loss
Name some microorganisms responsible for causing gingivitis
- Actinomyces israelii
- A. naeslundii,
- A.odontolyticus,
- Veilonella parvula,
- Campylobacter spp
Why might false pockets form?
May occur on periodontium with reduced support
Which white blood cell is the first to arrive when plaque accusation increases?
Neutrophiles
What are the 3 key features of periodontitis?
- Loss of periodontal connective tissue attachment
- Apical migration of junctional epithelium
formation of periodontal pocket, lined with pocket epithelium - Alveolar bone loss
What is the eventual result of periodontitis?
Tooth loss
Give some features you would see in a section a tooth which has periodontitis
1, The gingival margin willl be at the top of the pocket
- Neutrophils will migrate
- Clinical attachment loss from the cement enamel junction
- Ulcerates cake epithelium
- Heavy inflammatory infiltrates
- Bone loss and loss periodontal tissue
How do you diagnose periodontitis?
- Can take pocket measurement
2. Take radiographs to see if bone has been loss
How can you measure the pocket depth
Using a probe (usually BPE probes)
You introduce the probe into the sulcus
Record the depth of the probe going into the sulcus
What is the aetiology for periodontal disease?
Microbial plaque is he primary aetiological age in periodontal disease