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Periodontal Pocket

TOPIC: PERIODONTAL POCKET📌 POINTS TO PONDER🔹Periodontal pocket is pathologically deepened gingival sulcus. 🔹Periodont...

Bone Defects In Periodontology

TOPIC: BONE DEFECTS📌 POINTS TO PONDER 🔹 1.97 mm ± 33.16% is the distance between apical extent of calculus and alveola...

Defense Mechanisms Of Gingiva

TOPIC: DEFENSE MECHANISM OF GINGIVA📌 POINTS TO PONDER🔹Organulocytes are the living PMNs in saliva.🔹Factors VIII, IX,...

Splinting In Periodontology

TOPIC: SPLINTING📌 POINTS TO PONDER 📣 Ideal requirements of splints: 🔹Simple design 🔹Economical 🔹Stable and efficien...

General Principles of Instruments

TOPIC: GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF INSTRUMENTS📌 POINTS TO PONDER ✴️ Major difference between standard pen grasp and modified...

Periodontal Instruments

TOPIC: PERIODONTAL INSTRUMENTS📌 POINTS TO PONDER 🔹 A general rule for working end selection is that the lower shank sh...

Acute Gingival Conditions

TOPIC: ACUTE GINGIVAL CONDITIONS📌 POINTS TO PONDER 🔹Necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis is a tender and infectious gingi...

Gingival Inflammation In Periodontology

TOPIC: GINGIVAL INFLAMMATION📌 POINTS TO PONDER 🔸 Gingival conditions/diseases that mainly involve interdental papilla...

Gingival Enlargement In Periodontolgy

TOPIC: GINGIVAL ENLARGEMENT📌 POINTS TO PONDER🔹Hypertrophy is an increase in the size of cells causing the increase in...

Pathogenesis and Host Response

TOPIC: PATHOGENESIS & HOST RESPONSE📌 POINTS TO PONDER🔹 Systemic diseases associated with neutrophil disorders and...

Immunity and Inflammation in Periodontology

TOPIC: IMMUNITY AND INFLAMMATION 📌 POINTS TO PONDER 🔹Pan-receptor defect: It is the defect in which all chemotaxin rec...

Dental Calculus In Periodontology

TOPIC: DENTAL CALCULUS📌 POINTS TO PONDER 🔹Reversal phenomenon is the decline from maximal calculus accumulation. It is...