Differentiating Periodontal Disease, Pockets and patterns of Bone loss Flashcards
Is periodontal disease the same as periodontitis?
NO
Explanation: Periodontal diseases are mainly the result of infections and inflammation of the gums and bone that surround and support the teeth. In its early stage, called gingivitis, the gums can become swollen and red, and they may bleed. In its more serious form, called periodontitis, the gums can pull away from the tooth, bone can be lost, and the teeth may loosen or even fall out. Periodontal disease is mostly seen in adults
What is periodontal disease?
- Bacterial infection of the periodontium
- includes gingival diseases and diseases of supporting structures
What are the two basic categories of periodontal disease?
- Gingivitis
- Periodontitis
What is the clinical picture of heath within the periodontium?
Pink
Firm
No bleeding
What does a healthy Sulcus look like?
- JE coronal to CEJ
- Supragingival fibers intact
- Alveolar bone intact
- Periodontal ligament intact
- Bone 2-3mm apical to base of JE
What is gingivitis?
- Bacterial infection confined to gingiva
- characterized by clincial changes-3cs
What are the microscopic changes in gingivitis ?
- Subclinical gingivitis
- Clinical gingivitis
What is the clinical picture of gingivitis ?
- Red
- Swollen
- Bleedling likely
What is the clinical picture of gingival pocket in gingivitis?
- JE at CEJ
- Supragingival fiber destruction: epithelial ridges and gingival fibers
- Alveolar bone intact
- PDL intact
Gingivitis leads to _____ in the epithelial cells?
- Hemidesmosomes of JE still attached to enamel coronal to or at CEJ
- Supragingival fiber destruction (reversible if infection controlled)
- JE extends epithelial ridges into CT
- Presence of a gingival pocket
What is a Gingival Pocket (Pseudopocket or false pocket)
- Deepening of gingival sulcus soley from gingival enlargement
- Coronal migration of the gingival margin more than 3mm
- No apical migration of JE
- Alveolar bone and PDL intact
What is acute gingivitis ?
Fuid in tissue resulting in swelling
What is chronic gingivitis?
Repair attempt lays down excess collagen resulting in fibrosis
What is periodontitis?
- Bacterial infection of all parts of the periodontium
- Extension of inflammation into attachment apparatus: PDL and Alveolar bone
- Development of periodontal pockets
- Body response to bacterial invasion causes marked changes
- Irreversible permanent destruction
- visible alternations in gingival tissue
- Bleeding and suppuration
What are the marked changes, when the body responses to bacterial invasion?
Connective Tissue
Junctional epithelium
What is the clinical picture for periodontitits?
Pink or Purplish
Swollen or fibrotic
Bleeding
What is the histological view for a periodontal pocket, when in periodontitis stage?
- JE on cementum
- Supragingival fiber destruction
- Alveolar Bone desruction
- Periodontal ligament destruction
What are the characterisitics of periodontitis ?
- Severe degeneration of connective tissue and gingival fibers
- Detachment of gingival fibers from tooth
- Coronal portion of JE separates from tooth surface forming a periodontal pocket
- Apical to JE Collagen fibers are also destroyed as inflammation sets in
- Destruction of periodontal ligament fiber group facilitates apical migration of JE onto cementum
- Epithelium attached on cementum: prevents reinsertion of periodontal ligament fibers on cementum
- Results in permanent loss of fiber attachement
- JE and sulcular epithelium extend ridges into CT
- Permanent destruction of alveolar bone and PDL
- Cementum exposed to plaque biofilm (more poreous)
- Regenerstion of transseptal fibers continue
- intact band separates inflammation from remaining bone
What is the periodontal pocket ?
(Deepend Gingival Sulcus)
* Apical migration of JE- (JE elongates)
* Destruction of PDL fibers
* Destruction of alveolar bone
What are the two different periodontal pocket?
Suprabony Pocket and Infrabony pocket
What is the difference between both periodontal pockets?
difference lies in the relationship of the JE- based on the pocket to the alveolar crest
Define suprabony (supracrestal) pocket?
- Base of pocket is coronal to underlying crest of alveolar bone
- Horizontal bone loss
Define infrabony (subcrestal) pocket ?
- Base of pocket is apical to the adjacent crest of alveolar bone: (within cratered out area of bone, along root surface)
- Vertical bone loss
Pcoket formation and loss of clinical connective tissue attachment = destruction of alveolar bone, what is the cause?
Bacteria
What is Persistence of Inflammation?
- As the inflammatory infiltrate destroys collagen it approches bone
What does bone loss involve?
- inflammatory cells including PMNS and macrophages
- Osteoclasts
- Prostaglandins, endotoxins and cytokines
What are the Bone resorbing factors?
- neutrophils and macrophages (release cytokines, prostaglandins, collagenase)
- Bacterial endotoxins (release lipopolysaccharides)
- PGE2 and LPS (activates osteoclasts for bones resorption)
What are the causes of Bone destruction ?
- Extension of inflammation from gingiva into supporting periodontal tissues (mark for transition)
- Local and systemic factors
- Trauma from occlusion