Unit 12 - Etiologic Factors: Risk for Periodontal Disease

Question 1

What are the additional factors that cause some people to be susceptible to develop peridontal disease?

Answer 1

Heredity
Systemic diseases
Medications
Habits
Social atmosphere
Periodontal pathogens

Question 2

What periodontal pathogens cause a person to be more susceptible to develop periodontal disease?

Answer 2

A. actinomycetemcomitans
Tannerella forsythia
Porphyromonas gingivalis

Question 3

What heredity issues cause a person to be more susceptible to develop periodontal disease?

Answer 3

Immune deficiency
Genetic diseases

Question 4

What habits cause a person to be more susceptible to develop periodontal disease?

Answer 4

Self-care (plaque control)
Professional care
Smoking
Alcohol
Diet

Question 5

What aspects of social atmosphere cause a person to be more susceptible to develop periodontal disease?

Answer 5

Family / up-bringing
Culture
Socioeconomic factors
Access to dental care
Dental insurance

Question 6

What are the non-modifiable risk factors of periodontal disease?

Answer 6

Socioeconomic status
Genetics
Adolescence
Pregnancy
Age
Leukemia

Question 7

What are the two categories of modifiable risk factors of periodontal disease?

Answer 7

Aquired
Anatomical

Question 8

What are the acquired modifiable factors of periodontal disease?

Answer 8

Plaque
Calculus
Partial dentures
Open contacts
Overhanging restorations

Question 9

What are the anatomical modifiable risk factors of periodontal disease?

Answer 9

Malpositioned teeth
Furcations
Root grooves and concavities
Enamel pearls

Question 10

What are the modifiable systemic risk factors for periodontal disease?

Answer 10

Smoking
Diabetes
Poor diet
Certain medications
Stress
Nutrition
Alcohol
Obesity

Question 11

Ture or False: emerging new results indicate chronic inflammation plays a significant role in periodontal disease.

Answer 11

True

Question 12

What conditions is chronic inflammation present in?

Answer 12

CVD
Diabetes
Cancer
Alzheimer’s
Renal disase
Rheumatoid arthritis
Periodontal disease

Question 13

Today’s disease of influence are linked by

Answer 13

Inflammatory pathways

Question 14

What is the most common chronic inflammatory disease known to man?

Answer 14

Periodontal disease

Question 15

What is the state of balance in the body known as homeostatis, also called?

Answer 15

Biologic equilibrium

Question 16

For the perdiontium to remain healthy, the bacterial challenge must be

Answer 16

Contained at a level tolerated by the host

Question 17

Periodontal disease results when

Answer 17

The balance is changed between pathogenic bacteria and the host’s inflammatory and immune responses

Question 18

What are the two types of risk factors?

Answer 18

Local
Systemic

Question 19

True or False: in people with low susceptibility to periodontitis, gingivitis may never progress to periodontitis.

Answer 19

True

Question 20

Clinical risk assessment for periodontal disease includes

Answer 20

Demographic data
Medical history
Dental history
Clinical examination

Question 21

What does demographic data include for the risk assessment?

Answer 21

Self care
Exposure to risk factors

Question 22

What does medical history include for the risk assessment?

Answer 22

Disease
Smoking
Genetic predisposition

Question 23

What does dental history include for risk assessment?

Answer 23

Frequency of care
Previous periodontal disease

Question 24

What does clinical examination include for risk assessment?

Answer 24

Biofilm
Clinical attachment loss
BOP
Calculus
Restorations

Question 25

How can the situation be thought of as a balancing scale?

Answer 25

With disease promoting factors on one side of the scale and health promoting factors on the other side. If the two sides are in balance, there will be no disease progression