Respiratory disease Respiratory disease Respiratory disease is a medical term that encompasses pathological conditions affecting the organs and tissues that make gas exchange possible in higher organisms, and includes conditions of the upper respiratory tract, trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, alveoli, pleura and pleural cavity, and the nerves and muscles of breathing. Respiratory diseases range from mild and self-limiting, such as the common cold, to life-threatening entities like bacterial pneumonia, pulmonary embolism, acute asthma and lung cancer. The study of respiratory disease is known as pulmonology. A doctor who specializes in respiratory disease is known as a pulmonologist, a chest medicine specialist, a respiratory
Periodontal disease periodontal diseases is as follows: Periodontal health, gingival disease and conditions Periodontitis Other conditions affecting the periodontium Peri-implant diseases and conditions The goals of staging periodontitis is to classify the severity of damage and assess specific factors that may affect management. According to the 2017 classification, periodontits is divided into four stages (1 to 4); after considering a few factors such as: According to the 2017 classification, the grading system for periodontitis consists of three grades: Risk factors affecting which grade a person is classified into include: Daily oral hygiene measures to prevent periodontal disease include: Typically, dental hygienists (or