THE ROLE OF INFLAMMATION FACTORS IN THE MECHANISMS OF PROTECTION AND DESTRUCTION OF PERIODONTAL TISSUES

Abstract

The occurrence and course of any disease of an infectious nature is determined by the strength of the body's response [18, 16]. The nature of this response depends on the antigenic specificity of previously acquired immunity and is largely determined by the human genotype [10, 16]. At the same time, only a part of the observed reactions of the body to infection can be considered as protective