Gingiva

During my periodontal office observation, the office had strong communication and kept co-workers up to date on what was going on around the office. The patient communication and connections were very good because they see these patients every four months. By seeing patients this often, it makes the connection that much stronger and personal. This office had one digital radiograph machine, iPads for intra-oral photographs, and CAT scans for implants. The office also had a PAN machine. The…

Yvette Alcala March 15, 2015 Relationship Between Periodontitis and Diabetes Introduction Periodontitis is a serious gum disease that can cause adverse effects on daily life. From moderate to severe cases it affects 13 to 15 percent of Americans between the ages of eighteen and sixty-five. (Page, 1998) If not routinely monitored, it is common for this disease to advance until symptoms become severely noticeable. Research confirms that periodontal disease is also linked to…

ingivitis is one of the periodontal disease that is characterized by the changes in color, consistency, and contour of the gingiva tissues. The reasons for these changes might be due to the presence of plaque, and in this case it can be modified by systemic diseases (diabetes) , the use of certain medications (anticonvulsant, immunosuppressant, calcium channel blocking agents), and malnutrition (lack of vitamin C). In case it is not induced by the accumulation of plaque, it might be caused by…

There was a control group that used mechanical methods only (2,562 participants) and there was an experimental group that used mechanical methods and Listerine twice daily for 30 seconds (2,544 participants). Gingiva was considered healthy if the MGI scores were 0 or 1 after 6 months. Gingiva was not considered healthy if the MGI was 2, 3, or 4. A site was considered free of plaque if the PI scores were 0 or 1 after 6 months. A site was not considered free of plaque if the PI was 2, 3, 4, or…

During human evolution, smiling has been learned for representing the state of joy. The effect of smile on society is undeniable. As we know, attractive smile is a result of consistency between various parts of teeth, intra and extra oral soft tissues. So a golden smile can be achieved by applying beauty standards during treatment. The standards originate from many different sources, such as the principles of beauty in art, the measured values of a certain race, studying a group of people who…

Non-modifiable risk factors for chronic periodontitis involving genetic factors (36). People who are genotype positive for IL-1 (IL-1A and IL-1B) genes were found in one study of more than 100 patients to had higher levels of virulent bacterial species than those of genotype-negative patients. Additionally, genotype-positive patients were found to have higher counts of individual virulent bacterial species in pockets deeper than 6 mm, including T. forsythia (B. forsythus), P. gingivalis, and…

SMILE CORRECTION BY GINGIVAL DEPIGMENTATION AND LIP REPOSITIONING A CASE REPORT ABSTRACT Excessive gingival display during smiling (“gummy smile”) with hyperpigmented gums is an esthetic concern for the patients. Gummy smile can be managed by different treatment modalities based on specific diagnosis. This case report demonstrates the management of a 22 years old female patient with the chief complaint of dark gums and excessive gingival display while smiling due to hypertonic lip. Treatment…

present, while others may simply interrupt the continuity of, particularly, the interdental gingiva. It seems that the deeper within the tissues and the closer to the incisive papilla the frenum is attached, the more likely it is for it to cause a diastema. Miller et al (1985)58 recommended that the frenum should be characterized as pathologic when it is unusually wide or there is no apparent zone of attached gingiva along the midline, or the interdental papilla shifts when the frenum is…

Can It Hurt Your Body? “More than 20 million Americans have died because of smoking since 1964, including approximately 2.5 million deaths due to exposure to secondhand smoke” (Tobacco Facts and Figures). Tobacco is a very common thing that is being used by all ages in the United States. Studies show that the use of tobacco has a negative effect on a human’s health and body. A couple different things will be discussed throughout the paper such as things like the cancers you can get, the effects…

Children are curious little people who find a way of sticking anything and everything in their mouths before their parents can even get a chance to say “NO!” This is one of the main reasons why they are always getting sick and occasionally infecting the people they are in close contact with. The well-known hand-foot-mouth disease is almost always seen in children under the age of ten because of how infectious it is. Unfortunately hand-foot mouth disease is not limited to children. My cousin,…