title: Understanding risk for periodontal disease.
abstract: An ability to identify individuals at risk for progressive periodontal disease would enable targeted prevention and treatment, thus reducing the economic burden on society. The importance of the interplay between microbial, genetic and environmental factors in risk assessment is recognized and the relative contributions of various risk factors has been determined. However, newer technologies will enable more accurate individual risk profiling in the future.
authors: Discipline of Periodontics, Department of Oral Sciences, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. mary.cullinan@otago.ac.nz
authors: Mary Patricia
authors: MP
authors: Cullinan
authors: Gregory John
authors: GJ
authors: Seymour
mesh_terms: D018441:Biofilms; D018450:Disease Progression; D004777:Environment; D006801:Humans; D010510:Periodontal Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic / Q000235:genetics; D016966:Porphyromonas gingivalis / Q000502:physiology; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors