Periodontal By: Delaney Lah

Disease
 Periodontitis- is a serious gum infection that damages the
Periodontitis soft tissue and destroys the bone that supports your teeth

Gingivitis can lead to periodontitis if not treated

Periodontitis can lead to loose teeth or tooth loss

Periodontitis is common but able to be prevented

Periodontitis is often the result of poor oral hygene

 Plaque buildup
•Starches and sugars in food interact with bacteria

How People
normally found in the mouth. Plaque reforms quickly

Plaque hardens under your gum line

Get
into tartar
•If plaque stays on your teeth it can buildup under the
gum line, tartar is difficult to remove because it is filled

Periodontitis with bacteria. Tartar can only be removed by a

professional dental cleaning

Ongoing gum inflammation

•This can cause pockets to develop between your gums
and teeth that fill with plaque. Over time the pockets
can become deeper and fill with more bacteria. When
not treated these pockets can cause loss of tissue and
bone, and can cause you to loose teeth
How does Periodontitis affect the body

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There is a direct link Periodontal disease is also
between periodontal one of the leading causes
disease and heart disease. of low birth weight of
babies when the mother
has periodontal disease
How does Periodontal Disease spread

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Periodontal disease spreads by a Technically, it does not spread, but the
genetic disposition by what is in your same bacteria that causes plaque in
saliva. the mouth can spread through the
blood and can cause plaque buildup in
the coronary arteries.
 Periodontal disease is treated by
How is dentists by physically removing
the plaque and the toxins that go
Periodontal with it in, and under the gums.

Disease
treated? Is
it fatal? Periodontal disease is not fatal.
Statistics and Facts of Periodontal Disease

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47.2% of adults 70.1% of adults over One of the major One of the leading Causes bad breath
have, mild, the age of 65 have causes of tooth loss causes in low birth
moderate, or severe periodontal disease weight of babies
periodontal disease
in the United States
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Foundation, Sept. 2014, kidshealth.org/en/teens/gum-

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