Periodontitis

Question 1

What are some host factors for periodontal disease?

Answer 1

Smoking
Genetics
Pregnancy
Systemic disease
Nutrition

Question 2

What are 2 bacterias that cause gingivitis?

Answer 2

Actinomyces
Prevotella intermedia
Bacteroides
Fusobacterium nucleatum

Question 3

What are 2 bacterias that cause periodontitis?

Answer 3

P. gingivalis
Tanerella forsythia
Treponema denticola
Prevotella intermedia

Question 4

What are the organisms in red Socranksky’s Model?

Answer 4

P.gingivalis
T.forsythia
T.denticola

Question 5

What are some virulence factors of P gingivalis?

Answer 5

Endotoxin (LPS)
Host cell tissue adherence and invasion (fimbriae)
-help invade membrane vesicle of host cells by binding to cellular integrins

Question 6

What are some systemic implications of periodontal disease?

Answer 6

Increased risk of cardiovascular disease
Suggested increased risk of rheumatoid arthritis
Increased risk of diabetes