Professional paper

General Health Status and the Periodontium

Ksenija Jorgić-Srdjak ; Department of Periodontology School of Dentistry University of Zagreb, Croatia
Darije Plančak ; Department of Periodontology School of Dentistry University of Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

Undoubtedly bacteria localized in the neck of the tooth is the main aetiological factor responsible for damaged periodontium. It has been
confirmed that the degree of inflammatory destruction varies, depending on individual differences in the response of the host tissue to bacterial irritation, and as the periodontium is an integral part of the organism, it is in close correlation with the general state of health of the organism and some systemic diseases. Risk factors, such as age, sex, socioeconomic status, smoking, diabetes and stress, influence to a great extent the development and progression of periodontal diseases and also treatment, i.e. maintenance of the attained results. Consequently, in 1989 the World Association of Clinical Periodontologists initiated the concept supportive periodontal care (SPC), which concerns the role of the general health status o f the organism in the maintenance o f healthy periodontium. According to this concept the approach to the prevention o f periodontal diseases has been broadened, not only with regard to maintaining good oral hygiene but also to improving the general health status of the organism.

Keywords

risk factors; general health status; periodontium; prevention; supportive periodontal care (SPC)

Hrčak ID:

98628

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/98628

Publication date:

15.6.1996.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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