CURRENT LOOK AT CHRONIC GENERALIZED CATARRHAL GINGIVITIS

Abstract

Classification of periodontal diseases 1983-2001 [11], there are such inflammatory forms of periodontal diseases as gingivitis (gum inflammation caused by adverse effects of local and general factors, which occurs without violating the integrity of the gingival attachment and manifestations of destructive processes in other parts of the periodontium) and periodontitis (inflammation of periodontal tissues characterized by progressive destruction of the periodontium and alveolar bone). The most important feature of the oral cavity is that the various physiological and pathological processes occurring in it are carried out in the presence of microbes. A normal (healthy) periodontal condition is maintained due to the homeostasis of microorganisms that form a biofilm and cells that provide anti-infective immunity. Violation of this homeostasis leads to disruption of the mechanisms of immunological tolerance and, as a consequence, to a weakening of local immunoreactivity [9]. The effect of bacterial exposure under these conditions depends on reactive processes in the body, which can both limit and promote destructive processes in periodontal tissues. Apparently, this is due to the reactions of the body's defenses associated with the most complex system of immunogenesis and inflammation [17].