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Periodontics in general practice
The Journal of the American Dental Association, 1954Healthy periodontal tissues are the foun dation which must be the basis for all dental measures to rebuild and repair after damage has been caused by dental disease. Periodontics, therefore, has a major role in the therapeutic and pre ventive phases of dentistry and should be practiced by every general practitioner.
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Periodontal therapy in general practice
The Journal of the American Dental Association, 1962I t is the den tist’s responsibility to recog nize and diagnose gingivitis and perio dontitis because pa tien ts do not know they have any gingival disorder. T h e ex am ination o f the m ou th for periodontal disease m ust be com plete and m ust be repeated regularly, even in persons w ith m ouths exhibiting healthy investing tis sues.
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Salivary carriage of periodontal pathogens in generalized aggressive periodontitis families
International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry, 2013BackgroundGeneralized aggressive periodontitis (GAP) is a multifactorial disease that shows a specific microbial profile and a familial aggregation.AimThis study evaluated the salivary microbial profile of families with a history of GAP and compared them with healthy families.DesignFifteen families with parents presenting periodontal health and 15 with
Monteiro, Mabelle Freitas +6 more
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Periodontal maintenance in a specialist periodontal clinic and in general dental practice
Primary Dental Care, 2005AbstractObjectives: To monitor the efficacy of periodontal maintenance whether conducted in a specialist periodontology clinic or in the practice of the referring general dentist.Materials and Methods: Thirty‐five subjects with a diagnosis of moderate–severe chronic periodontitis who were referred to the specialist clinic received periodontal non ...
Preshaw PM, Heasman PA
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Periodontal therapy in a general practice
The Journal of the American Dental Association, 1959The dental profession has displayed too little interest in the prevention and treatment of periodontal disease. Although periodontal disease long has been associated with late adulthood, much periodontal damage occurs in childhood. Both local and systemic factors may be involved.
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Periodontal Splinting in General Dental Practice
Dental Update, 2000Splinting periodontally involved teeth is a technique that has been in use for centuries. This article gives a brief history and review of the literature concerning periodontal splinting and outlines the rationale and indications for the correct application of periodontal splinting in modern dental practice.
S J, Watkins, K W, Hemmings
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Personal risk factors for generalized periodontitis
Journal of Clinical Periodontology, 1995Abstract Periodontitis is generally considered to be a consequence of an unfavourable host‐parasite interaction in which bacteria are the determinants of disease. An intense search continues for the bacteria, specific or non‐specfic, that are responsible for periodontitis and various forms of the periodontal diseases have been associated with, and are ...
Clarke, N., Hirsch, R.
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Periodontal Services Rendered by General Practitioners
Journal of Periodontology, 2007Background: There are few reports in the dental literature regarding the types of periodontal services offered by general practitioners (GPs). The purpose of this study was to determine the specific nature of periodontal services rendered by GPs and to investigate whether certain variables affect GPs' practice patterns.Methods: A 13‐item survey was ...
Sharon K, Lanning +2 more
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Periodontics: 3. Non-Surgical Periodontal Therapy in General Dental Practice
Dental Update, 2007Non-surgical periodontal therapy is an integral part of periodontal treatment and has been defined as plaque removal, plaque control, supra- and subgingival scaling, root surface debridement, and the adjunctive use of chemical agents.
Brian, Mullally +4 more
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Prevalence of periodontal pathogens in localized and generalized forms of early‐onset periodontitis
Journal of Periodontal Research, 2000The primary objectives of this study were to investigate the prevalence of 8 putative periodontal pathogens in subjects with early‐onset periodontitis (EOP) and to evaluate the microbial differences between localized and generalized forms of this periodontal disease condition. Thirty‐one females and 11 males with a mean age of 30.3 (s.d.
B H, Mullally +4 more
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