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Most important local contributing factor for periodontal disease |
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| Iatrogenic factors that contribute to initiation and/or progression of periodontal disease |
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Anatomic factors that lead to the retention of dental biofilm |
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Root morphology Tooth position
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| Traumatic factors that contribute to the initiation and progression of periodontal diseases |
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Toothbrush trauma Factitious disease Food impaction Chemical injury Occlusion |
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| Habit we have that causes damage to our body |
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| Contributory risk factors |
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| Factors that do not initiate gingival inflammation by themselves but foster long-standing plaque accumulation and make plaque removal difficult |
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Amount of surfaces with clinically visible calculus that are detected on radiographs |
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| What is subgingival calculus derived from? |
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| Gingival crevicular fluid and exudate |
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| How much of subgingival calculus is mineralized? |
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| How much of supragingival calculus is mineralized? |
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