perio dx interpretation Flashcards
Periodontal Disease def
Destructive inflammatory disease affecting supporting structures of the teeth
forms of perio dx
❑Gingivitis: only the soft tissues are involved
❑Periodontitis: soft tissues and supporting bone affected
progression of perio dx
Major cause of tooth loss in
patients > 35 years
perio dx
Severity of perio disease increases with
*Age
*Amount of plaque
*Amount of bacterial micro-flora
Periodontal Disease
Predisposing Factors
A) Plaque retention
B) Salivary Immune Factors
C) Cell mediated hypersensitivity in crevicular plaque
D) Local dental factors
- poor restorations, Calculus (tartar), Tilted/rotated tooth= plaque traps
- Thin bone more sus to destruction
Periodontal disease
Clinical Signs
- Edema, erythema of the tissues
- Loss of epithelial attachment to
tooth surface and pocket formation - Bleeding on probing
- Purulence
Radiographic Examination of perio dx bone
–quantity; relative to root length
- quantity; crestal evaluation
- quality
- furcation involvment as plaque trap
- PDL space
forms of alveolar bone loss
- GENERALIZED
- LOCALIZED
- HORIZONTAL
- VERTICAL
generalized vs localized bone loss
Generalized: > 75 % of existing dentition
Localized: Specify locations i.e. #7-D,
#30-M,D
Radiographic Examination aspects of Roots in perio dx
- length
- shape –conical, diverging, curves,
dilaceration, etc… - crown:root ratio
if roots are in close proximity what is the effect?
thinner bone btwn them: more sus to destruction
coverging/diverging roots and effects
converging roots are nt as supported whereas the diverging roots are more supported
Radiographic examination of
ROOT ANATOMY factors
- Length
- Atypical multiple roots
- Proximity to adjacent roots
- Shape (Conical, Curves (accentuated or “S”), Dilaceration, Diverging vs. converging, Hypercementosis)
Dilaceration
causes?
- Abnormal angulation or bend in the root (and occasionally the crown) of a tooth
- Some related to trauma during odontogenesis
- idiopathic
- can increase perio support of tooth
root?
dilaceration
dilaceration
local predisposing factors of perio dx
- restorations
- calculus
- tilted rotated teeth: ie, uneven marginal
ridges
calculus
how can we best demonstrate calculus
demonstrate best with “bright” densities (lighten the image)
Radiographic Changes in
Periodontal Disease
- Horizontal Bone Loss
- Vertical Bone Loss
- Furcation Involvement
- Large crown:root Ratio
Definition of Horizontal Bone Loss:
Even/uniform apical movement of the alveolar crestal bone height along adjacent root surfaces between affected tooth/teeth
SLOW ADVANCING FRONT
around tooth?
follicular space
what is the follicular space significance
this is where the bone will attatch to the tooth establishing horizontal level
always apical to the CEJ (1.3-1.5mm)
around teeth
follicular space
Posterior Dentition in
Health
- shape/crest?
- physiologic bone height?
- flat (plateau), corticated crest
- physiologic bone height is
<2.0mm from CEJs