title: Detection of high-risk groups and individuals for periodontal diseases. Systemic predisposition and markers of general health.
abstract: The evidence for systemic predisposition to periodontal diseases is reviewed in relation to cellular and humoral immunity, drug therapy, diet and nutrition and stress. It is concluded that, apart from defects of polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN) and Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, little firm evidence exists for other diseases, though insulin-dependent diabetes and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) may accelerate and/or potentiate the damage of existing disease. The precise rôle of drugs, diet and nutrition and stress remain to be elucidated, but recent advances in these areas offer the prospect of assessing risk using carefully controlled studies.
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications; D004032:Diet / Q000009:adverse effects; D064420:Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions; D006801:Humans; D007111:Immunity, Cellular; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D010510:Periodontal Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D012307:Risk Factors; D013312:Stress, Physiological / Q000150:complications