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Abstract
Chronic periodontitis is an advancement of gingivitis that involves progressive attachment loss, pocketing, and bone loss around the teeth. It has been linked to both genetic and environmental factors, making it a multifactorial disease. This case examines a family of eight siblings with a 50% prevalence of chronic periodontitis. A strong genetic influence is not likely, since one identical twin in this family has chronic periodontitis, while the other twin is unaffected. Environmental risk factors, including smoking, emotional stress, and poor oral hygiene, are present in all affected individuals, thus appearing to play a significant role in the development of periodontitis in this family. It is important for a dentist to understand the etiology of the family’s chronic periodontitis in order to provide proper treatment and management of risk factors so that good oral health can be maintained.
Highlights
Chronic periodontitis is de.ined as long term in+lammation of the sup-‐ porting tissues of the teeth with progressive attachment loss, pock-‐ eting, and bone loss around the teeth [1, 2]
Genetic factors do not seem to play as much of a role in chronic periodontitis as in other forms of periodontal dis-‐ ease
The possible environ-‐ mental risks of the affected individ-‐ uals of this case have been speci1i-‐ cally linked to chronic periodontitis
Summary
Gingivitis and periodontitis are the most common periodontal diseases [1]. Numerous other factors contribute to the de-‐ velopment of gingivitis, including a genetic predisposition, use of cer-‐ tain medications, smoking, preg-‐ nancy, puberty, and the presence of systemic disease. Chronic periodontitis is de.ined as long term in+lammation of the sup-‐ porting tissues of the teeth with progressive attachment loss, pock-‐ eting, and bone loss around the teeth [1, 2]. Genetic factors do not seem to play as much of a role in chronic periodontitis as in other forms of periodontal dis-‐ ease.
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