Epidemiology and Diagnosis of Periodontal Diseases: Recent Advances and Emerging Trends

S. Al-Mubarak 1 and S. Ciancio 2 and J. K. Baskaradoss 3 1, Dental Department, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 2, Department of Periodontics and Endodontics, School of Dental Medicine, University at Buffalo, SUNY, Buffalo, NY, USA 3, Department of Dental Public Health, School of Dental Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA Received 25 July 2014; Accepted 25 July 2014; 25 August 2014 This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The paper "Risk factors of periodontal disease: review of the literature," by Y. A. AlJehani, provides an in-depth review of the current evidence on the potential roles of modifiable and nonmodifiable risk factors associated with periodontal disease.