10.1055/b-0034-56516 Periodontal Wound Healing Repair → Reattachment → “New Attachment” → Regeneration → Prevention Periodontal wound healing follows the well-acknowledged biological principles (Clark 1996, Fig. 447), but it is also…
10.1055/b-0034-56529 Geriatric Periodontology?—The Periodontium in the Elderly Different Circumstances—Modified Concepts of Treatment The percentage of elderly individuals within the entire population continues to increase, but differences exist between the “Third…
10.1055/b-0034-56505 Hormonally Modulated Gingivitis Types I A 2 a Changes in the body’s hormonal balance generally do not cause gingival inflammation, but can increase the severity of an already existing…
10.1055/b-0034-56515 Treatment of Inflammatory Periodontal Diseases – Introduction Gingivitis Periodontitis Gingivitis and periodontitis are elicited primarily by bacteria. As a consequence, the treatment must have a primarily anti-infectious nature. Reduction…
10.1055/b-0034-56519 Phase 1 Therapy Causal, Antimicrobial, Non-surgical Therapy Primary prevention—the early prevention of disease—is initially the responsibility of parents. Using simple, non-traumatic tooth brushing methods, the small child is gently…
10.1055/b-0034-56514 Prevention—Prophylaxis: Dentistry: Caries, Gingivitis, Periodontitis Prevention—Prophylaxis: Dentistry: Caries, Gingivitis, Periodontitis Maintenance of Health and Prevention of Disease … … are the noblest goals of modern medicine! For the patient,…
10.1055/b-0034-56511 Additional Diagnosis—Tests Microbiologic Tests Tests of Host Response The classical clinical examination methods were presented in the previous pages (pp. 168–175). New tests have become available in recent years,…
10.1055/b-0034-56495 Introduction “Periodontology” is the study of the tooth-supporting tissues, the “periodontium.” The periodontium is made up of those tissues that surround each tooth and which anchor each tooth into…
10.1055/b-0034-56501 Epidemiology Descriptive epidemiology deals with the occurrence, the severity and the distribution of diseases, as well as physical and/or mental incapacity, or mortality, in any selected population. Analytical epidemiology…
