Chronic versus aggressive periodontitis - A comprehensive review from parity to disparity

Abstract

The imbalance between bacterial virulence and host response leads to the destruction of tooth and tooth-supporting structures, leading to most commonly occurring chronic periodontitis and rare, but not uncommon aggressive periodontitis and the dilemma between diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment planning of these two entities have always been a challenge to clinician at least in few situations� Hence, this article aims at reviewing the shared characteristics (similarities) and unique characteristics (dissimilarities) of chronic and aggressive forms�