Guru Raja Rao
Periodontal diseases are most common ailment for human beings. Even Guiness book of world record puts PD as number 2 after common cold. Periodontal diseases and General health disorders are interrelated. Periodontal infections influence various organ systems and conditions namely;
1. Cardiovascular system
2. Cerebrovascular system
3. Endocrine system
4. Respiratory system
5. Stress and periodontal diseases
On periodontal medicine it will be an attempt to take a few of these systems and conditions during the lecture and how we react to the periodontal infections is explained.