Article
Genetic and heritable risk factors in periodontal disease.
Journal of periodontology - 1 May 1994
Michalowicz B S
Abstract excerpt
The purpose of this paper is to review current knowledge of genetic risk factors for the periodontal diseases and to present updated and additional data from the Minnesota Twin Periodontal Study. Family studies suggest that susceptibility to the early onset forms of disease, particularly prepubertal and juvenile periodontitis, is, at least in part, influenced by host genotype. Inherited phagocytic cell...
Topics
- Adult
- Aggressive Periodontitis
- Diseases in Twins
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genotype
- Humans
- Periodontal Diseases
- Periodontitis
- Risk Factors
- Twins
