Dentistry & Oral Care

Biography

Biography: Fatme Mouchref Hamasni

Abstract

Periodontitis is a disease which currently represents a major global plague. Over 90 % of the population worldwide suffers from a bacterial colonization around teeth which cause a tissue breakdown and alveolar bone loss; the attachment loss deepens the sulcus, creating a microbial niche “the periodontal pocket”, such that pockets with depths of 4 to 12 mm can harbor on the order of 107 to 109 bacterial cells. Periodontal lesions are recognized as continually renewing reservoirs for the systemic spread of bacterial antigens, Gram-negative bacteria, cytokines, and other proinflammatory mediators. The gap between allopathic medicine and dental medicine is quickly closed, due to significant findings supporting the association between periodontal disease and systemic conditions such as cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes mellitus, adverse pregnancy outcomes, and osteoporosis. This communication will focus on the current knowledge linking periodontal infections to a set of systemic diseases placing oral health in the perspective of systemic health.