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The Pathogenesis of Periodontal Diseases: New Paradigms Provide the Link to Systemic Diseases: Periodontist Houston, TX
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Published by
David Dennison
The Pathogenesis of Periodontal Diseases: New Paradigms Provide the Link to
Systemic Diseases by David K.
Dennison, D.
D.
S.
, Periodontist Houston, TX
For periodontist in Houston, TX successful intervention in a disease process...
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The Pathogenesis of Periodontal Diseases: New Paradigms Provide the Link to
Systemic Diseases by David K.
Dennison, D.
D.
S.
, Periodontist Houston, TX
For periodontist in Houston, TX successful intervention in a disease process requires that the practitioner
understand the disease process fully.
An example of this is our new understanding of duodenal ulcer
pathogenesis, which has led to a paradigm shift in treatment of ulcers away from medications affecting
acid production to treatment with antibiotics.
Without an understanding of the role of Heliobacter pylorii
in the pathogenesis, a rationale for treatment with antibiotics was non-existent.
Our understanding of periodontal diseases has developed slowly.
In a series of papers, Low established
the role of oral hygiene in the prevention of gingivitis and implicated bacteria in the development of
gingivitis (I).
This finding provided support for several approaches to treatment.
First, it supported the
concept that removal of bact
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