Dental Diseases
Gum diseases (periodontal disease) is an infectious disease that affects the tissues surrounding and supporting the tooth, not the tooth itself. Even teeth that have no decay can be lost due to this disease. Periodontal diseases can affect one or more teeth. It is the most common chronic disease in the society that can be seen in children, adolescents, adults and the elderly. Since it is usually painless, the symptoms are hardly noticed by the patient and in most cases, a late referral to the physician is made.
The supporting tissues around the teeth are the fibres that connect the gum, tooth root, jawbone and the root of the tooth to the jawbone, and this structure is called the “periodontium”. Conditions where the infection only affects the gums are called "gingivitis". Symptoms of gingivitis are red, swollen, shiny, soft consistency and easily bleeding gums. Bleeding is the most important symptom.
In more advanced cases, the conditions in which the gingiva and other tissues mentioned above are also affected are defined as “periodontitis”. Symptoms of periodontitis are bleeding in the gingiva, reddish-bluish-purplish discoloration, gum recession, gum enlargement, tooth displacement, spacing, elongation, swaying, abscess formation, tenderness, and bad breath. Pain is usually accompanied by abscess formation. As a result, infection, aesthetic defect, loss of chewing, and a diseased infrastructure that cannot carry the prosthesis to be made in the periodontium occurs.