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Why has my dentist not told me that I have gum disease? What is gum disease? Shouldn't I have felt some signs of periodontal disease? How would I know if I had gum disease? How is gum disease treated? Is gum disease contagious? Does heredity play a role in gum disease? I have been going to see my dentist for several years, and have had my teeth cleaned every six months. Why has my dentist not told me that I have gum disease? Your dentist has most likely done every ...

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Return to Home PagePrinter Friendly Version Protecting Teeth & Gums From Periodontal Disease For Diabetics This information is from the National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research (NIDCR). Prevention is sound advice for diabetic and nondiabetic persons alike. Harmful bacteria constantly attack the teeth and gums as long as plaque is allowed to accumulate. The important thing to do -- and most of us can do it ourselves -- is to break up the plaque formati ...

Measurement of Periodontal Destruction Periodontal probing is the universal method of determining presence of periodontal pathology and the level of clinical attachment In clinical practice the probing pocket depth is most often used for estimation of the degree of periodontal attachment loss. In research contexts the attachment level is measured either from the cemento enamel junction or from at another fixed point at the tooth surface under study. Over the years studies have show ...

PERIODONTICS Periodontics involves the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of gum disease by a general dentist or a periodontist. A periodontist is a dentist who has had additional years of specialized training in periodontics at a post-doctoral educational program and is certified as such. Periodontal Disease is a bacterial infection of the gums, bone and ligaments that support the teeth and anchor them in the jaw. The bacteria are normal inhabitants of the mouth and form a film o ...

This project is collaborated between The Forsyth Institute (TFI) and The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR), and is funded by National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) Porphyromonas gingivalis the Pathogen Photo gallery of P. gingivalis Specific Aims of the Genome Project Choice of Strain for Sequencing Project Significance Genetic Tools Available for the Study of P. gingivalis Sequencing, assembly, and annotation of the P. gingivalis genome Projec ...

The Progression of Gingivitis to Periodontal Disease Back to Branford's Table of Contents Copyright © 1997 Branford Miniature Schnauzers Presented to you by: - Full Service Web Page Design & Consulting Group -

May 9, 1998 Good Health Requires Good Gums Periodontal infections have ties to many ailments By MARI N. JENSEN Health-conscious baby boomers woke up to the specter of gum disease a little more than a decade ago, when even the characters in the Doonesbury comic strip started worrying about it. Periodontal disease gives people the long-in-the-tooth look associated with advancing age. Appearances may be the least of the boomers' concerns, however. Medical researchers view gum disease as a clu ...