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What is periodontal disease

Periodontal disease is a support organization in the teeth (including gums, periodontal ligament, alveolar bone and cementum) of chronic, non-specific, infectious disease. Violation of the site depending on the disease into two categories: gingivitis and periodontitis. Periodontal disease for most people, it is mainly due to the cause of poor oral hygiene, teeth around the accumulation of a lot of plaque, calculus, bacterial aggregation and provide favorable conditions for breeding. If not receive timely treatment, chronic disease management through a long process of development, will become severe periodontal disease. The main symptoms are bleeding gums, dental, gingival swelling, pain, severe gum abscess overflow, inability to chew, teeth loose.

Periodontal disease is caused not only the leading cause of adult tooth loss, but also affect the heart, lungs, kidneys and other vital organ functions, resulting in a variety of important causes of high mortality diseases, periodontal disease and most people ignore compared with the "Lengmianshashou" to describe the dangers of periodontal disease is not an exaggeration.

There are reports of patients with periodontitis risk of coronary heart disease and stroke are the normal periodontal 1.4 times and 2.1 times. Poor oral hygiene are prone to disease, disease may increase the respiratory pathogen colonization in the patient's throat, increasing the incidence of lung infection. The incidence of chronic lung infections and lung function is likely to reduce oral health as well, 2 times. Pregnant women suffering from severe periodontitis, the occurrence of preterm delivery and low birth weight children is the risk of 7.5 times the normal pregnant women. Acute or subacute infective endocarditis in 30% of patients with odontogenic infection; a large number of bacteria and endotoxin into the blood, can lead to vascular endothelial cells in a series of pathological reactions, induce or aggravate atherosclerosis . In recent years, researchers in the detection of Helicobacter pylori in dental plaque and saliva, dental plaque and disease in patients w ith Helicobacter pylori detection rate is higher than ly healthy.

In addition, periodontal disease as infectious lesions, can cause a variety of inflammation, such as rheumatic or rheumatoid arthritis, glomerular nephritis, iridocyclitis and certain skin diseases.

Periodontal disease, we value enough

Periodontal tissues around the teeth is the connective tissue such as teeth, bones and gums, etc. after bacterial infection of the disease. After years of efforts, China's current dental caries prevention has achieved remarkable results in some areas has been a downward trend. But in comparison, the situation is still severe periodontal health, both under the age of 15 or adults over 90% of people have periodontal health.

National NCOH expert gives the following figures: 1 in the country, very few people completely healthy periodontal, debris index of 0 (completely clean and healthy) less than 1%; 2, the Chinese people 55% of tooth loss caused by the periodontal disease, the other is caused by the problems of dental caries; forced extraction of the cases, more than half caused by periodontal disease. Experts point out that, before the focus of our dental health in children, their main problem facing the dental caries. Therefore, the people of a number of relatively full understanding of dental caries, periodontal disease, while not very understanding. Older, periodontal problems, the more should be concerned about periodontal health.

In Western countries, everyone has their own dentist, people will regularly go to the dentist. However, the Texas Medical Center in the United States engaged in research work, Ms. Ann also told reporters in the United States, although to buy dental insurance has become customary to see the dentist, but most Americans the importance of the teeth, or remain in the beautification image level. "The real health interest, not many people consider too."

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