PERIODONTAL FINDINGS IN CYANOTIC INDIVIDUALS

¹ Stomatological Clinic of the University Medical School, Budapest, Hungary

According to the histologic structure and behavior under pathologic conditions the periodontium is to be regarded as one of the acra. In diseases of the other acra the periodontium is affected and, because of its special susceptibility, sometimes earlier than the others.

In peripheral vascular diseases pathologic changes are induced in the periodontium and in all other aera by the same exciting causes.

In patients with cyanosis of central origin the kallikrein level of the saliva is markedly increased. It is assumed that the long-lasting action of this increased kallikrein level in the saliva is contributory to the periodontal atrophy observed in these patients.