Perio and Pneumonia

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What is a lower respiratory bacterial infection of the lung tissues?

pneumonia
who is pneumonia most life threatening to?
- elderly
- immunocompromised
___% of all nursing home deaths are caused by pneumonia

25%
Which type of pneumonia is aspiration of bacterial infected droplets, and spread person to person?

community trasmission
What type of pneumonia is secondary infection and environmental?

hospital acquired transmission
true or false. resks are increased for pneumonia when the patients have teeth or dentures, and infrequent tooth brushing.

true
What occurs in step one of periodontitis contributing to pneumonia?

oral pathogens in dental plaque are shed into saliva and aspirated into lungs
What occurs in step two of periodontitis contributing to pneumonia?
- epithelial cell protection break down
- caused by poor oral hygiene
- increased protease release from saliva
- accumulation of pathogenic bacteria
What occurs in step 3 of periodontitis contributing to pneumonia?
- bacterial enzyme modification:
- altered proteins prevent binding to invasiv pathogens
What occurs in step 4 of periodontitis contributing to pneumonia?
- transmission to lungs:
- existing perio triggers release of cytokins
- cytokines trigger neutrophils
- neutrophils produce Protease
What modifies proteins from binding to invading pathogens?

protease
What are the only non-shedding surface in the entire body?

teeth
true or false. Pts with pneumonia should avoid milk

true
true or false. constant exposure to infected sputum and air droplest can bind to calc/biofilm leading to destruction of periodontal structures

true

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Perio and Pneumonia

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Updated

2011-11-22T14:52:43Z

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