Question 203 · LDEK · Dental plaque and calculus

Choose the most important factor in gingivitis etiopathogenesis:

  1. A. nonspecific plaque.
  2. B. general health condition and patient’s nutrition.
  3. C. trauma trigger and malocclusion.
  4. D. impairment of organism’s defence system.
  5. E. parafunctions.
Hint

Recall Löe's experimental gingivitis study: what had to accumulate for gingivitis to appear?

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