Periodontium in pregnancy

Smile Line and Periodontium Visibility

A patient’s smile expresses a feeling of joy, success, sensuality, affection and courtesy, and reveals self-confidence and kindness. A smile is more than a method of communicating, it is a means of socialization and attraction whose advantages are taken for granted in the media, both publicly and politically (Gandet, 1987). This media portrayal of the stereotyped smile leads to a standardizatio...

Pregnancy and Periodontium a clinical , microbiological , and enzymological approach via a longitudinal study

mervi gürsoy. Pregnancy and periodontium – a clinical, microbiological, and enzymological approach via a longitudinal study. Department of Periodontology and the Postgraduate School of Oral Health Science (PeGaSOS), Institute of Dentistry, University of Turku / Anaerobe Reference Laboratory, National Public Health Institute (KTL); currently National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) / Biom...

Aging and the periodontium

Correspondence to: Simone Guimarães Farias Gomes Faculdade de Odontologia de Piracicaba UNICAMP Av. Limeira 901 C.P. 52, CEP 13414-903, Piracicaba, SP, Brasil E-mail: [email protected] Received for publication: November 11, 2009 Accepted: March 20, 2010 Abstract The geriatric population has been growing fast over the last decades in Brazil and all over the world, changing demographics. Additi...

Teng Periodontium T - cell - mediated Immunity in the − − Protective and Destructive Immunity in the Periodontium

Fibroblast Heterogeneity in Periodontium – a Review

Fibroblast heterogeneity applies to both phenotypic and functional properties exhibited by a fibroblast population within or across tissues (Mc Culloch et al) There is significant evidence that fibroblasts are heterogeneous with respect to functional properties, and that certain subpopulations of these cells may be clonally selected and expanded in diseased tissues. There are wide variations of...