title: Periodontal disease: the emergence of a new paradigm.
abstract: Our concept of periodontal disease etiology, pathogenesis, and treatment is very different today than it was in 1970. Tremendous credit must be given to basic science and clinical investigators for the advances made in elucidating the nature of periodontal disease. With this new knowledge, a new paradigm of periodontal disease is emerging that points the way to exciting new diagnostic, prevention, early intervention, and treatment strategies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Periodontology, School of Dentistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Williams
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D010510:Periodontal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D012307:Risk Factors