Periodontal disease involves inflammation and infection that destroys the tissues that support the teeth, including the gums, the periodontal ligaments, and the tooth sockets (alveolar bone).

I THINK one of the most defining images of recent times, was the picture of President Goodluck Jonathan on the internet, in the presence of the American Secretary of State, Hilary Clinton, at the recent 66th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, in New York.

Protests, Wednesday, marred the celebration of this year’s World Teachers Day in Ekiti State, as members of the Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, the umbrella body for teachers, refused to participate in the match past to commemorate the occasion.

Nigerian National Petroleum Corporations, NNPC, has denied complaints by marketers of inadequate kerosene in circulation.

MEMBERS of the House of Representatives yesterday waded into the management crisis of Airtel which led to the retrenchment of over 3,000 workers last Sunday as the Nigeria Communications Commission, NCC, was directed to ensure that the workers were reinstated immediately.

The Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to Nigeria, Amb Khaled Abdrabuh, Wednesday said his government was willing to assist Nigeria fight terrorism if there was an official request to that effect from the Nigerian government.

A new wave of reorganisation in the aviation industry which swept away the chief executives of three agencies continued, Wednesday, as four more directors in the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, were relieved of their appointments.

Special Assistant to Enugu State Governor on Special Projects and Diaspora Matters, Mr. Dom Emeka Ezeudu, Wednesday, urged people of the state to take advantage of the American Diversity Visa Lottery, to better their lot.

Two policemen attached to Owutu Police Division in Ikorodu West Local Council Development Area of Lagos, have been shot dead by robbers.

FINALLY! The Federal Government has exhibited single minded determination regarding the removal of fuel subsidy, a programme that has occupied national discourse in the last 19 years – with government going back and forth and organised Labour playing to the gallery at every opportune moment.

Twenty-one corps members, who served in Imo State, received commendation letters for their excellent performance in community development, while four others had their service year extended for flouting the rules guiding the NYSC scheme.

In a couple of months, literary icon, Chinua Achebe, will release his latest book, whose title is still being kept under wraps. Oseloka Obaze writes on how the book surveys the trajectory of a noble and richly lived life, with its inevitable ups and downs, from the writer’s birth to his fame and present disability and involuntary sojourn in the United States.

THE President of the National Council of Managing Directors of Licensed Customs Agents, NCMDLCA Mr Lucky Amiwero said that the proposed Single Window Technologies for easy clearance of cargoes at the ports was a fraud against the nation’s economy.

WORLD-CLASS Nigerian industrialists and businessmen are part of President Goodluck Jonathan’s four days tour of three African countries, including Rwanda, Ethiopia and Ghana, which began Wednesday.

NO fewer than 300 staff of Akanu Ibiam Federal Polytechnic, Unwana, Afikpo, Ebonyi State, who were on November 2, 2007, disengaged from service, Wednesday staged a protest at the Federal High Court over alleged unlawful disengagement.