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What is a risk factor ?

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a factor that increases the probability of developing a disease in a given individual

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What are the main types of risk factors ?

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Local risk factors
systemic risk factors

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What is a local risk factor?

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these are risk factors which can be confined into the oral cavity

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Local risk factors can be divided into…

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  • acquired
  • anatomical/developmental
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List examples of local acquired modifiable risk factors of periodontal disease

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  • plaque/calculus
  • bleeding on marginal probing
  • PPD
  • iatrogenic causes- partial dentures, open contacts, overhangs of poorly contoured restorations
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List examples of local anatomical modifiablerisk factors of periodontal disease

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  • malpositioned teeth
  • furcations
  • root grooves and concavities
  • enamel pearls
  • dental crowding, bone defects
  • cervical enamel projections
  • canine fossa
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List examples of systemic modifiable risk factors of periodontal disease

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  • smoking
  • diabetes
  • poor diet
  • certain medications
  • stress
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List examples of systemic non-modifiable risk factors of periodontal disease

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  • socioeconomic status
  • genetics
  • adolescence - hormonal changes
  • pregnancy- hormonal changes
  • age
  • leukaemia- immunodeficiency
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What depth of pockets increases the risk of attachment loss? (JE detachment)

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pockets >/= 5mm are at an increased risk of attachment loss

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Plaque is the sole cause of periodontal disease. True or false

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false

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Removal of _________ can help with plaque control

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plaque retentive factors

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What iatrogenic factors can cause the development of plaque?

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  • restoration overhangs and margins
  • partial dentures
  • restorations with bulbous emergence profile
  • restorations which impinge on biological width
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What is the cause of overhangs and deficiencies in restorations?

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poor adaptation of matrix band

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What is the cause of inadequate contact points?

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poor adaptation of matrix band
-failure to assess cervical fit
-difficult adapting matrix band when cervical floor is subgingival

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How can inadequate contact points lead to plaque accumulation?

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increases the risk of food impaction and thus plaque retention

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What kind of restoration margins increase the risk of plaque accumulation?

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subgingival margins

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What are the consequences of sub gingival margins if the biological width is reached?

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  • risk of direct operative trauma
  • risk of plaque accumulationa and marginal soft tissue recession
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What is the biological width?

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junctional epithelium and supra cresal tissue surrounding each tooth

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When does the need for sub gingival margins arise?

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  • if caries, fractures/ previous restorations extend subgingivally
  • if aesthetics are an issue
  • retention purposes
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You must treat perio before you fix defective restorations. True or false

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true

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What is the purpose of the restoration of edentulous spaces?

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  • aesthetics
  • function
  • occlusion
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Any prostheses has the potential to become a plaque retentive factor. True or false

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true

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What treatment options can you consider for restoring edentulous spaces to prevent plaque retention

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  • shortened dental arch as opposed to prosthesis ?
  • resin bonded bridges for a single missing tooth
  • well designed Co-Cr partial denture
  • well designed acrylic partial denture
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What is a shortened dental arch?

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dentition of no more than 20 teeth with an intact anterior design but reduced number of occluding pairs of posterior teeth

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Give examples of instances where damage to periodontal tissues can occur
* during cavity prep * during impression taking * result of faulty restorations * creation of occlusal interferene
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Dental crowding can lead to …
compromised oral hygiene
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Give examples of bone defects that can increase the risk of developing periodontal disease
fenestration bone dehiscence
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What is fenestration?
this is when bone coverage of the root is lost and the root surface is only covered by periosteum and gingiva
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What is bone dehiscence?
this is when fenestration defect spreads to marginal bone- marginal bone coverage is lost
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What mucosal defect can compromise oral hygiene measures?
a high frenal attachment
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Gives examples of root anomalies that can increase the risk of periodontal disease?
* cervico-enamel projection * enamel pearl * furcation involvment * root grooves and concavity
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What is a cervico-enamel projection?
it is a focal apical extension of the coronal enamel beyond the smooth cervical margin into the root of the tooth
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How can cervico-enamel projections impact periodontitis?
* they can complicate plaque removal (scaling and RSD) * they have also been implicated in attachment loss in the furcation area (PDL cells in this area??- can they bind to enamel) - increases risk of periodontitis
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How can enamel pearls affect periodontitis?
the are usually a plaque retentie factor
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Where are enamel pearls usually found?
usually found apical to the CEJ
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How can enamel pearls complicate periodontal treatment?
Care must be taken when removing or sub-scaling enamel pearls as they often contain an extension of the pulp
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What does furcation involvement often indicate ?
increases risk of disease progression as furcations are hard to clean
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What is the effect of root grooves and concavities?
altered anatomy may retain plaque and make it harder to scale calculus in these areas
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What is the effect of root grooves and concavities?
altered anatomy may retain plaque and make it harder to scale calculus in these areas
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Systemic factors of periodontal disease can be divided into?
modifiable and non-modifiable factors
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The genetic difference in periodontal disease are likely to be ___________ that contribute to the inflammatory response. Give an example of this
polymorphisms
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When can genetics become a modifiable risk factor?
when gene therapy becomes available
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Patients with bad oral hygiene and no periodontitis may have _________.
genetic resistance
44
Outline the underlying defect and periodontal relevance of down syndrome
* defect in PMNL chemotaxis * depressed T cell antigen induced killing
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Outline the underlying defect and periodontal relevance of chronic granulomatous disease
failure of respiratory burst in phagocytes oxygen radicals are not produced and therefore bacteria survive
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Outline the underlying defect and periodontal relevance of insulin dependent diabetes
* hyperglycaemic state reduced PMNL function * monocytes are hyper-reactive, excess IL1, PGE2 and O2 radicals- bone resorption * effects on collagen solubility and vascularity reduced healing
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Outline the underlying defects and periodontal relevance of hypophosphatasia
* low levels of alkaline phosphatase enzyme (produced in the liver) leads to poor mineralisation of cementum, teeth are more likely to exfoliate
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Outline the underlying defects and periodontal relevance of Papillin-Lefevre Syndrome
* defects in PMNL chemotaxis and phagocytosis * gene mapped on PMNL enzyme (cathespin-c) gene locus on chromosome 11
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Outline the underlying defects and periodontal relevance of Ehlers Danlos Syndrome
* defects in collagen synthesis * type VIII ehlers danlos syndrome is associated with severe periodontal destruction
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Outline the underlying defects and periodontal relevance of Chediak- Higashi Syndrome
* defects in phagocyte chemotaxis, degranulation and membrane fusion leads to loss of adult dentition
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Outline the underlying defects and periodontal relevance of Jobs Syndrome
excessive IgE and histamine release by mast cell and IgE immune complex formation
52
What should the full history of smoking include?
* type of tobacco * how many years * how many cigarettes a day * time of first cigarette (dependence) * interested in quitting? why? * previous attempsts to quit
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What are the effects of smoking on the periodontum?
* more sites with deeper pockets *greater attachment loss * greater levels of bone loss * more teeth with furcation involvment * increased tooth loss * accumulation of calculus and plaque * reduced gingival vessels * poorer healing response
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Smoking is a modifiable risk factor of periodontal disease. The effects of smoking on the periodontum comes about due to local exposure. True or false.
false the effects of smoking on the periodontum come about due to systemic exposure
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Briefly describe the rate of formation of plaque in smokers and non-smokers
rate of plaque formation is similar in smokers and non smokers
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What is the effect of smoking on gingival bleeding?
reduced gingival bleeding due to vasoconstriction
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What clinical/biological sign is evidence of a decreased inflammatory response to plaque in smoking?
decreased gingival redness decreased GCF volume in moles
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What is the effect of smoking on neutrophils?
* increased number of neutrophils in circulation * impaired neutrophil function (kinetics and chemotaxis) * increased proteolytic activity * smoking affects respiratory burst of neutriphils
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What is the effect of smoking on fibroblasts?
* nicotine inhibits fibroblats proliferation * decreased production of type I collagen and fibronectin * increased collagenase activity * PDL fibroblast attachment is significantly reduced on root surface of smokers * poor wound healing
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Outline other effects of smoking on the inflammatory response
* increased TNFa in GCF of smokers * decreased IL-1a in smoker GCF * decreased GCF elastase (conflicting data) * decrease alpha-macroglobulin and alpha-1 antitrypsin
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What medications are known to cause gingival overgrowth (DIGO)?
Phenytoin- anticonvulsant Nifedipine (CCB) cyclosporin (immunosuppressant)
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What region of the gingival is usually affected with gingiva overgrowth?
anterior region
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What should you do in the case of non resolving DIGO despite the patients best efforts at good plaque control and effective professional debridement?
liaise with medical colleagues
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Outline the mechanisms for the impact of stress on periodontal health
prolonged and intense period of stress can cause depression of the immune system stress can also affect personal behaviour and habits (brushing, flossing)
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What kind of risk factor is stress with regards to periodontal health ? What is the implication of this
Putative risk factor has been associated with periodontal disease in cross-sectional studies
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Why does stress not satisfy the criteria to be a true risk factor for developing periodontal disease?
lack of evidence from longitudinal studies that the removal of the risk factor improves the disease

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