Periodontal diseases are inflammatory diseases in which microbial etiologic factors induce a series of host responses that mediate inflammatory events. Physiologic inflammation is a well-orchestrated network of cells, mediators and tissues. Cytokines are signaling proteins that help control inflammation in your body. Cytokines have important roles in chemically induced tissue damage repair, in cancer development and progression, in the control of cell replication and apoptosis, and in the modulation of immune reactions such as sensitization. Cytokines are major regulators of innate and...