Periodontics enclose all things related with the treatment of periodontal diseases, those caused by the accumulation of bacterial plaque and tartar on the neck of the teeth.
Periodontal Disease is manifested as a GINGIVITIS (swelling and bleeding of the gums without directly affecting the bone) or PERIODONTITIS, where the bone that holds the tooth is destroyed. If it goes untreated can cause teeth loss.
A PERIODONTAL TREATMENT consist on the correction of the hygienic technique for the control of the bacterial plaque, to the elimination of the chain factors of it (dental calculus or Tartar and periodontal abscesses) .