According to the Journal of Dental Research, new
classifications of periodontal disease may sanction earlier detection and
personalized treatment before the disease develops into its severe stages. Read
more in this recently published article by Medical News Today.
Spurred by the need for a better way to classify gum disease, the researchers looked at the recent changes to the way cancer is diagnosed. Biologists are increasingly finding markers for cancer aggressiveness and responsiveness in the genetic signatures of tumors, and these are beginning to be used successfully to classify and select appropriate treatment for individual patients. To establish whether such a model might work for gum disease, the researchers carried out a genome-wide analysis of diseased gum (gingival) tissue from 120 male and female patients aged from 11 to 76, diagnosed with either chronic or aggressive periodontitis.
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