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E HOME STUDENT RESOURCESLIBRARY AND RESEARCH RESOURCESMY COURS Tania Lopes Quiz #8 To some degree, prevention of periodontal disease is attributable to the smoothness of cementum because bacteria that initiate gingival and periodontal diseases are prevented from accumulating on smooth surfaces. Select one: O a. Both the statement and the reason are correct and related b. Both the statement and the reason are correct but are NOT related. C. NEITHER the statement NOR the reason is correct d. The statement is NOT correct, but the reason is correct. e. The statement is correct, but the reason is NOT correct. O O Next pa 1/28 20 の ho 144 8

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8 a Cementum can influence the activities of peridontal cells and play an important regulatory role ,in peridontal treatment.Peridontal disease may alter cementum resulting in the loss of connective tissue attachment to cementum.As the relationship between local bacteria and peridontal disease is widely recognised it is generally accepted that removal of pathogenic microorganisms that form plaque and calculus on cementum is the major goal of peridontal treatment.