GENERALIZED PERIODONTITIS AND METABOLIC SYNDROME. UNITY OF PATHOGENETIC DEVELOPMENT MECHANISMS

Current periodontal disease represents a complex problem that acquires not only medical, but also social significance. It's connected before with a high prevalence and intensity of periodontal tissue damage [4]. A high incidence of periodontitis, the severity of some forms of periodontal pathology, loss teeth and as a result significant changes in dentition, decrease in working capacity, decrease in the quality of life of the population – all this makes it possible to consider periodontal diseases not only a serious medical, but also an important social problem