PERIODONTAL DISEASE AND MODERN APPROACHES TO TREATMENT

Abstract

The terminology and classification of periodontal diseases approved at the XVI Plenum of the All-Union Society of Dentists is used in our country. Periodontitis is an inflammation of periodontal tissues characterized by progressive destruction of the periodontal and bone of the alveolar process of the jaws. Periodontitis is an inflammation of periodontal tissues characterized by destruction of the ligamentous apparatus of the periodontium and the alveolar bone. Phases of the process: exacerbation, remission.