Risk of Factors Flashcards
Name 3 risk factors for periodontitis:
1-Tobacco smoking
2-Diabetes
3-Pathogenic bacteria
True or False: Negative effects of smoking on the host are reversible.
True
What to do to decrease the risk for periodontitis after smoking?
increase the number of years since quitting smoking
True or False: Former smokers respond to periodontal therapy similarly to nonsmokers
True
5As of Treating Tobacco Dependency:
- Ask the patient about smoking status
- Advise smokers of the associations between oral disease and smoking
- Assess the patient’s interest to attempt to quit
- Assist the patient in the attempt
- Arrange for referral or follow- up visit
True or False: Direct relationship between diabetes and periodontitis.
True
What are the complications of diabetes that affect periodontitis as well:
microvascular and macrovascular diseases
Side effects of Poorly controlled diabetics:
• Altered immune function
(PMNs)
• Qualitative changes in bacteria
• Altered collagen structure and function
• Severe gingival inflammation, deep pockets, rapid bone loss, and periodontal abscesses
Name anatomic factors that harbor bacterial plaque:
- Furcations
- Root concavities
- Grooves
- Cervical enamel projections
- Enamel pearls
- Overhanging margins
- Calculus
Risk Factor that is non-modifiable in periodontitists:
- Age
- Gender
- Genetic Factors
- Socioeconomic status
- Stress
Genetic factors influence which disease:
gingivitis,
attachment loss,
bone height,
How genetic factors influence periodontitis:
- Alterations in neutrophils, monocytic hyperresponsiveness associated with severe periodontitis
- Alterations in IL-1 genes are one of several involved in periodontitis
True or False: Periodontitis Prevalence and severity increase with age:
True
How stress becomes the risk factor for periodontitis:
- Emotional stress may interfere with normal immune function
- Stressful events lead to greater prevalence of periodontal disease
- Increased incidence of necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis during periods of high stress
What are risk indicators of Periodontitis?
- Infrequent dental visits
- HIV/AIDS
- Osteoporosis
True or False: In healthy subjects, % BOP sites has a linear relationship with probing force.
True
True or False: Maybe environmental, behavioral, or biological.
True