Influence of genetic on periodontal disease

Abstract EN

Periodontitis is inflammatory condition of periodontium, caused by interplay of infectious bacteria and host susceptibility.

And modified by environmental, host’s risk factors and genetic susceptibility.

The role of genetics (host’s susceptibility) is evident as many microbial studies suggested that, the presence of microbial factor that is responsible for periodontitis alone doesn’t indicate the presence or the severity of the disease.

Therefore, in high risk patients host susceptibility might play important role in the etiology and progression of disease.