Perio Flashcards
What is the spectrum of risk in periodontics
- Not all people respond the same to periodontitis
What are local risk factors to periodontal disease
- Anatomical factors, restorations
- Removable partial dentures
- Orthodontic appliances
- Root fracture or cervical root resorption
- Local trauma
- Frenal attachments
- Mouth breathing/ lack of lip seal
What are the anatomical local factors
- Root grooves
- Furcation
- Residual periodontal pockets
- Enamel pearl
- Tooth positioning: crowding, tipping, rotations.
How can restorations be a problem
- Roughness
- Overhangs
- Marginal discrepancies
- Sub gingival margins
How are dentures problematic
- Increased plaque on the abutment teeth
What are systemic risk factors to perio
- Diabetes type ½
- Genetic/host response
- Race/ethnicity
- Neutrophil function
- Socioeconomic status
- Acquired systemic infection
- Severe malnutrition
- Stress?
How does diabetes effect perio
- Impairs the immune response
- Wound healing response poor/ increased infection
- Inducing a hyperinflammatory state
- Increased periodontal tissue destruction
- Well controlled no increased risk
How to check diabetic control
- Hba1c
- Glycated Hb levels indicate long term diabetic control
How is smoking associated with perio
- Hume immune response weakened
- decreased vascularity
- Treatment outcome is also less effective
Definition of periodontitis
- Inflammation within the supporting tissues
- Progressive attachment and bone loss
- Interdental CAL is detectable at >= 2mm or
- Buccal CAL >= 4mm with pocketing >3mm on 2 or more teeth
consequences periodontal disease would you describe to the patient
- Gingival inflammation
- Bleeding
- Recession
- Periodontal pockets
- Loss of alveolar bone
- Tooth mobility and drifting
- Tooth loss
What are the furcation defects (basic)
- Class 1-3
How is staging calculated?
- Interdental CAL at site of greatest loss
- Stages 1-4
- IF CAL not available then use RBL
How do you calculate grading
- Indicator of rate of progression
- Grade A-C
- %bone loss / age
what are the 3 class’s of current periodontal status
- Stable
- Currently in remission
- Currently unstable
What is defined as stable perio
- BoP <10%
- PPD <= 4mm
- No BoP at 4mm site
- (no mobility, furcation involvement, caries)
What is currently in remission
- BOP >= 10%
- PPD <= 4mm
- No BoP at 4mm sites
What is currently unstable perio
- PPD >= 5mm
- PPD >+ 4mm & BOP
What are non-surgical therapy
- Education (OHI)
- Risk factors analysis
- Motivation and behaviour change
- PMPR
What are the factors for an engaging patient according to BSP
- Plaque scores <20%
- Bleeding scores <30%
- Or plaque/bleeding score improvement of 50%
What can patients say after Non-surgical therapy
- Gums have shrunk
- Gaps are big in my teeth
- Teeth are really sensitive
- Gums bleed less, teeth less loose
What occurs in the healing process after PMPR
- Inflammation resolution and PPD reduction
- Recession and sensitivity
- Long junctional epithelium (LJE) attachment may occur
- Repopulation of healthier less pathogenic microflora
- Formation of new bone, cementum and new attachment (unpredictable)
What are some statistical expectations from perio therapy
- 35% initial pathological pockets will not reach end point
- 50% of 7mm sites will remain as non-successful sites
- Deeper pockets will respond greater
When do you consider antimicrobials in periodontal disease
- Acute gingival problems: necrotising gingivitis/necrotising periodontitis
- Concerns over antimicrobial resistance