Relationship Between Preeclampsia and Periodontal Disease

Ingrida Marija Pacauskienė, Eglė Stasiukonė, Benita Vaišvilaitė Abstract This review evaluates the possible relationship between periodontal disease and adverse pregnancy outcomes, especially pre-eclampsia, a major pregnancy complication.A literature search of electronic databases PubMed (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ pubmed), „Journal of Periodontology“ (www.joponline.org) was performed for articles published 2002 to 2014. 22 studies analizing relationship between periodontitis and pre…

MORPHOLOGICAL PECULIARITIES OF NERVES STRUCTURES IN THE HYPERSENSITIVE TEETH WITH SEVERE CHRONIC PERIODONTITIS

Inga Vaitkevičienė Abstract Summary Teeth hypersensitivity is a common problem in patients with chronic periodontitis. The reasons why teeth hypersensitivity occurs in some periodontally diseased teeth are still unknown. It is possible that teeth hypersensitivity may related to changes of intradental nerve fibres. Although, the changes in the regional sensitivity of the affected teeth might…