I Am Doing An Assignment For School And Would Like

Posted on Mon, 24 Jun 2019

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Question : I am doing an assignment for school and would like to ask you 3 questions for my class.
1. What do you know about periodontal disease?
2. What would you tell your patients who asked about periodontal disease?
3. Can Periodontal disease be harmful to your body medically?

Answered by Dr. Honey Arora (-4 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Periodontal disease involves supporting structure of teeth

Detailed Answer:
Hi.
Thanks for writing to us.

The answers to your questions are as under:

1. Periodontal disease involves supporting structure of teeth that is the gums amd underlying bone that is alveolar bone.

2. If not treated on time can cause loosening of teeth and eventually loss of teeth.

3. Less common but can cause heart related problems.
Although very rare.

Thanks.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Vaishalee Punj