Host bacterial interaction : A mini review

Although bacteria are necessary for periodontall disease to take place a susceptible host is also needed. The immune inflammatory response that develops in the gingival and periodontal tissues in response to the chronic presence of plaque bacteria results in destruction of structural components of periodontium leading to clinical signs of periodontitis. The host response is essential protective but both hypo and hyper responsiveness of certain pathways can result in enhanced tissue destruction. Closer investigation of the destructive pathways of the periodontal disease began to focus on the relationship between bacteria and the host response in the initiation and progression of the periodontal disease.