Abstract: This review was aimed to discuss the Gingivitis and Periodontitis from different perspectives, intended to review the risk factors associated with these dental diseases, diagnostic, and prevention & treatment. Comprehensive search was conducted through; PubMed, Medline, and EBSCO databases, searching literature for relevant studies discussing the Gingivitis and Periodontitis, using following Mesh terms: “Gingivitis” and “Periodontitis” AND “gum inflammation” AND “Gum loss” AND “dental inflammation”. Searching databases was restricted to English published studies up to December, 2016. Furthermore, references from different identified articles were searched for more matches articles that could be useful in this review. The prevention and also therapy of the gum diseases is based on exact medical diagnosis, decrease or removal of original representatives, risk management as well as correction of the dangerous impacts of disease. Popular and also verified risk factors or risk predictors for periodontitis in grownups consist of cigarette smoking, diabetic issues, race, P. gingivalis, P. intermedia, low education and learning, irregular oral participation as well as genetic in- fluences. A number of various other specific periodontal germs, herpesviruses, raised age, male sex, depression, race, terrible occlusion and female osteoporosis in the presence of hefty dental calculus have been shown to be related to loss of gum support as well as can be taken into consideration to be risk indications of periodontitis.
Keywords: Gingivitis and Periodontitis, Depression, Race, Terrible Occlusion and Female Osteoporosis.
Title: Comprehensive Review of Gingivitis and Periodontitis
Author: Shaza Jameel Ashqar, Abdullah Faisal Alim, Hanan Abdullah Turkstani, Danyah Abdulkarim Faisal Karsan, Raji Ehsan Mohammed Kensara, Nermeen Saad Felemban
International Journal of Healthcare Sciences
ISSN 2348-5728 (Online)
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