Types of Periodontitis

Aggressive periodontitis is a multifactorial disease with many complex interactions including host factors, microbiology and genetics. Host defences involve multiple factors; saliva, epithelium, inflammatory response, immune response and chemical mediators.

Chronic periodontitis is a form of periodontal disease (an infection that affects the tissues and bone that support teeth) that results in swelling and redness in the tissues around the teeth. Patients suffer loss of tissue and bone that may become more severe over time.

Gingivitis (gum inflammation) usually precedes periodontitis (gum disease). However, it is important to know that not all gingivitis progresses to periodontitis. However, it is important to know that not all gingivitis progresses to periodontitis.

Periodontal disease is an infection that affects the tissues and bone that support teeth. Necrotizing periodontal diseases result in the death (or nec Periodontal disease is an infection that affects the tissues and bone that support teeth.

Periodontitis is often known as 'Gum Disease' and is a very common condition in which the gums and deeper periodontal structures become inflamed.

Periodontitis as a manifestation of systemic diseases is one of the seven categories of periodontitis as defined by the American Academy of Periodontology 1999 classification system. At least 16 systemic diseases have been linked to periodontitis.