Question 11 · LDEK · Periodontal and systemic diseases
Which of the following group of patients does not belong to the high-risk periodontal group that should be primarily engaged in preventive periodontal care and treatment?
- A. patients receiving tacrolimus following kidney transplant.
- B. patients with periodontitis that had an ischemic stroke.
- C. patients with gingivitis and uncontrolled diabetes type I.
- D. pregnant women with previously diagnosed periodontitis.
- E. 18-year-old individuals with a genetic risk of inherited periodontitis.
Hint
Compare the gingival overgrowth potential of tacrolimus with that of cyclosporine and find the group with the least specific periodontal risk.
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