Recent concepts of periodontal diseases and new periodontal classification

Ossama A AlKhatib1; Samar M F Saati2; Delia O Alkhatib3

Recent concepts of periodontal diseases and new periodontal classification

Ossama A AlKhatib¹, Samar M F Saati² and Delia O Alkhatib³

¹Alarak Specialized Dental Center, KSA

²Modern Dental Polyclinics, KSA

³King Abdulaziz University, KSA

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Abstract

The concept of periodontal diseases has been becoming more clearness and understanding, and recently all efforts spent to put a new periodontal classification which will give us a different view about same periodontal diseases we faced before. The pathophysiology and progression of periodontal disease has been more explanted, for that the periodontal treatment appears to be more complicated because of many risk factors are responsible locally and systemically. The periodontal treatment is given to the patient should be supported by extended recalls of periodontal maintenance care and should be consider the variability of complex factors which cause periodontal disease.

Biography

Ossama Alkhatib had graduated in 1985 from Dental School-Damascus University, and started periodontal specialization after finishing Diploma in 1988, Master in 1993, he has completed his PhD in Periodontology at the age of 44 years from Damascus University and postdoctoral studies Board from Syria, External doctor at Dental School, Marqwatte University, WI, USA (1993), he is member of AAP (1277), he was the academic director of periodontology, Assisting. Prof. at Al-Arabiya Dental College in Jeddah–KSA. He has published more than 10 papers in different journals and has been working at Alarak specialized dental center in Jeddah, KSA.

Publications

Review of the Level of Awareness’ Towards Occupational Injury among Periodontal Staff at Selected Dental Clinics, Saudi Arabia. International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), vol. 5 Issue 12, Dec. 2016.
Critical Reviews of Smoking and Periodontal Disease at Selected Dental Clinics, Saudi Arabia. International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), vol. 5 Issue 11, Nov. 2016.
Research: Important of Salivary Biomarkers in the Detection of Oral Cancer (Review Article), the Journal of Dentist, 2017, 5, 59-64.
Research: Environmental Risk Factor (Smoking) Affects Oral-Periodontal Diseases. The Journal of EC RONICON-Dental Science 18/3/2019.