Periodontology
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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...