objective: whole-mouth examination is generally considered as a gold standard for exact periodontal disease assessment. partial mouth examination also has sometimes been used for this purpose, but its efficacy has been questioned. with regard to symmetric destruction hypothesis of periodontal disease, the present study investigated the efficacy of partial- mouth examination as an alternative fo...

Gingival lesions not induced by plaque are common and can help explain the many different periodontal tissue reactions observed. Gingival inflammation sometimes differs from that of routine plaque-associated gingival diseases and often presents distinctive clinical features. (Holmstrup, 1999a). The causes of non-plaque-induced gingival diseases include bacterial, viral, and fungal infections, g...

Gingivitis is nothing but the inflammation of gingival soft tissue. Various forms of gingivitis have been described in various literatures. Although the clinical signs of gingivitis are easy to detect, it is not clear how much inflammation a person must have to be considered a gingivitis case. The prevalence and incidence of gingival diseases in individuals of different ages and socio-economic ...

Oral tissues show different response and behavior to different oral diseases and treatment procedures. A clinically healthy periodontium has shown to have a varied phenotypic appearance differing from subject to subject. Several researchers, onlookers, academicians, and clinicians have tried to study in their ways about these different gingival entities. Apart from, various local factors, host ...

OBJECTIVES Only few studies on gingival lesions considered large enough populations and contemporary literature does not provide a valid report regarding the epidemiology of gingival lesions within the Italian population. The histopathological and clinical appearance of 538 gingival lesions from northern Italians are described and discussed here. STUDY DESIGN The case records of patients refe...

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia, acute myeloid leukemia, gingival enlargement. Abstract Most of the systemic diseases manifest signs and symptoms in oral cavity. Periodontal lesions are common in patients with acute leukemia throughout the course of the disease. Although many cases of gingival enlargement in patients with acute myeloid leukemia have been reported in literature, cases of gingival h...

Periodontal diseases are among the most frequent diseases affecting children and adolescents. These include gingivitis, localized or generalized aggressive periodontitis (a.k.a., early onset periodontitis) and periodontal diseases associated with systemic disorders. The effects of periodontal diseases observed in adults have earlier inception in life period. Gingival diseases in a child may pro...