Understanding Gum Disease: From Gingivitis to Advanced Periodontal Disease: By Shreoshree Chakrabarty Gingivitis and periodontal disease are common forms of gum disease that can cause serious oral ...

Periodontitis, or gum disease, can turn up in an individual as a result of infections and inflammation of the gums. This can cause a lot of discomfort and, at its worst, can cause teeth to loosen and ...

Boyd and colleagues conducted a systematic review of studies that analyzed the impact of periodontitis on glycemic control. 13 In one small pilot study, researchers found that there was a ...

Design In this 9-month multicentre, controlled trial, 748 patients with moderate to advanced periodontitis were randomised into one of three parallel groups: (1) control group (scaling alone), (2) ...