Chapter 16

3. The hormone that has anti inflammatory and immunosuppressive properties
4. immunosuppressive agent that reduces body's immune response in organ tranplant and its gingival overgrowth resembles that from phenytoin
6. number of types of diabetes
9. inflamation of oral mucous membranes caused when chemotherapy attacks and kills the rapidly dividing cells of the mucous membranes
11. granuloma, a pregnancy tumor that forms on interdental gingiva or gingival margin
12. calcium channel blocker a coronary vasodilator used to treat people with hypertention angina and cardiac arrythmias and its gingival overgrowth resembles that from phenytoin
14. inflammation, plays a role in the etiology of some systemic disease/conditions
16. occurs when salivary glands are damaged during radiation therapy and reduces flow of saliva
18. is a chromic lifelong metabolic disorder in which the body does not produce/or properly use insulin
19. risk factors are conditions or diseases that increase an individual susceptibility to periodontal infection

1. reduction in bone mass making women more prone to bone fracture
2. when glucose in the bloodstream irreversably attaches to protein and lipids forming harmful new molecules
5. syndrome, are closely related metabolic disturbances that occur together increasing risk of heart disease stroke and diabetes
7. condition which there is a lower than average bone density but not necessarily an increase in risk or incidence of bone fracture
8. syndrome, a genetic disorder that happens before birth and causes interllectual disability and developmental delays
10. stick, a test used to check glucose level and the target range =80 to 120 mg/dL
11. most commonly used anticonvulsant medication to control convulsions and seizures in the treatment of individuals with epilepsy
13. albicans is an oral complication of poorly controlled diabetes mellitus induced by reduced salivary flow
15. is characterized by abnormally few numbers of neutrophils in blood lower than 1500 cell/ul of blood
17. a hormone needed to convert sugar starches and other food into energy that the body uses to sustain life