Abstract
This textbook on periodontal pathogenesis aspired to provide an overview of our current understanding of biological processes underlying the disease, and discuss their clinical relevance and applicability. We now realize that periodontal disease affects 10% population in its severe form, and that it is primarily a disease of aging. Despite advances in prevention measures over the past decades, the prevalence of the severe form of disease has not decreased. This highlights periodontitis as an existing health problem, unlikely to be completely resolved with our present therapeutic approaches. Continuous enrichment of our biological knowledge of the disease and continuous efforts in bridging this knowledge to the clinical application will hopefully lead to more holistic approaches for diagnosis, evaluation of patient susceptibility, or selection of efficient treatment options. This conclusive chapter summarizes updates and take-home messages from previous chapters, to consider further.
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Belibasakis, G.N., Bostanci, N. (2018). Periodontal Pathogenesis: Conclusions and Future Directions. In: Bostanci, N., Belibasakis, G. (eds) Pathogenesis of Periodontal Diseases. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53737-5_9
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