Periodontal Disease questions and answers graded A+ 2023/2024

Periodontal Disease Which disease is a slow destructive bacterial infection of the gums and bones? - correct answer Periodontal Disease How can must forms of periodontal disease be avoided? - correct answer The practice of good oral hygiene What is periodontium? - correct answer Soft and bony structure, that surrounds and supports the teeth What is the periodontium composed of? - correct answer *Gingiva *Epithelial Attachment *Periodontal Ligament *Cementum *Alveolar Bone What is the gingiva? - correct answer The sift tissue surrounding the teeth and covering the bone between teeth What is the sulcus? - correct answer Small space between the tooth and the free gingiva What is the epithelial attachment? - correct answer At the base of the sulcus where the gingiva attaches to the tooth. What is the periodontal ligament? - correct answer Connects the cementum of the roots to the supportive alveolar bone of the jaw. What is the purpose of the cementum? - correct answer Is to anchor the tooth to the bone by providing the proper surface for the attachment of the periodontal ligament What is the alveolar bone? - correct answer Surrounds and supports the tooth in its position How many teenagers have an early form of periodontal disease? - correct answer Three out of every five Hoe many adults have periodontal disease? - correct answer Three out of every four How can tooth loss be avoided? - correct answer Early detection and treatment of periodontal disease Periodontal disease encompasses what? - correct answer Both gingivitis and periodontitis and the various forms of both diseases What are the seven basic forms of periodontal disease? - correct answer 1. Gingivitis 2. Chronic Periodontitis 3.Aggressive Periodontitis 4. Periodontitis with Systemic Disease 5. Necrotizing Periodontal Disease 6.Abscesses of the Periodontium 7. Periodontitis associated with Endodontic Lesions What is gingivitis? - correct answer Seen at any age and defined by marginal gingival inflammation. Includes plaque-induced and non-plaque-induced gingival lesions. What is chronic periodontitis? - correct answer Onset is seen at any age. Symptoms include inflammation of the periodontium, loss of epithelial attachment and periodontal ligament attachment, loss of bone, eventual tooth loss. What is slight or early chronic periodontitis? - correct answer Inflamed gingiva, early bone loss, site measurement of 3-4mm (attachment loss of 1-2mm)