explaining about Periodontal disease The term periodontal disease is used in a general sense to encompass all diseases of the periodontium. The most common disease is initiated by plaque accumulation in the gingivodental area and is basically inflammatory in character, termed marginal periodontitis or more accurately chronic destructive periodontitis. The periodontal tissues can also be involved by other nosologic entities and many of these fall into degenerative or neoplastic categories. They are considered as periodontal manifestations of systemic diseases CHRONIC DESTRUCTIVE PERIODONTITIS Periodontitis Marginal periodontitis Slowly progressing Rapidly progressing Refractory Juvenile form of periodontitis Generalized form Localized form Necrotizing Ulcerative Periodontitis Trauma from occlusion* Periodontal atrophy* Presenile atrophy Disuse atrophy MARGINAL PERIODONTITIS Clinical features: chronic inflammation of the gingiva, pocket formation, and bone loss. Tooth mobility and pathologic migration appear in advanced cases. Etiology: dental plaque Types: slowly progressing periodontitis, rapidly progressing periodontitis, refractory periodontitis Presenile atrophy reduction in the height of periodontium that is uniform throughout the mouth and without apparent cause Disuse atrophy Results when the functional stimulation for the maintenance of the periodontal tissues is markedly diminished or absent. characterized by thinning of periodontal ligament, thinning and reduction in the number of periodontal fibers and disruption of fiber bundle arrangement, thickened cementum, reduction in height of alveolar bone, and osteoporosis A periodontal pocket is a pathologically deepened sulcus: it is one of the important clinical features of periodontal disease. SYMPTOMS: Localized pain or a sensation of pressure after eating, which gradually diminishes A foul taste in localized areas. A tendency to suck material from the interproximal spaces. Radiating pain “deep in the bone” A “gnawing” feeling or feeling of itchiness in the gums.