We are not curing periodontal disease. The same patients keep coming back with recurring periodontal pockets. We treat them, and seemly removed the periodontal pocket, but a year later, the periodontal pockets are developing again. This course will give you a different perspective on the cause and treatment of the disease.
There are three types of periodontal disease, Gingivitis, Periodontitis, and chronic periodontitis.
ØGingivitis is noted by inflammation and bleeding in the gingival around the teeth.
ØPeriodontitis is noted by inflammation, bleeding gingiva and periodontal pockets of 4mm plus.
ØChronic periodontitis is noted by periodontal pockets of 4mm plus.
Four-millimeter periodontal pockets are considered to be disease because people cannot normally keep pockets lower than 3mm clean, but anything deeper than a one millimeter is a pocket.
The current belief: periodontal disease is caused by the invasion of bacteria. The bacteria break down the tissue resulting in the body responding by bringing in the defenses with the inflammation. The bleeding gingiva is broken down tissue caused by the attacking bacteria.