The tissues that are involved in periodontal diseases are the gums, which include the gingiva, periodontal ligament, cementum, and alveolar bone. The gingiva is a pink-colored mucus membrane that covers parts of the teeth and the alveolar bone. The periodontal ligament is the main part of the gums.
Primary Cause of Fungal infections. The primary cause of Fungal infections is the result: 1  of transmission of an infectious agent by another person by one or more of the following: saliva, air, cough, fecal-oral route, surfaces, blood, needles, blood transfusions, sexual contact, mother to fetus, etc.auses of Types of Fungal infections: Review the cause informationfor the various types of Fungal infections: 1  Candida. 2  Vaginal Candidiasis. 3  Oral thrush. 4  Athlete's foot. 5  Tinea. 6  Yeast infections. 7  Ringworm-not a worm but a fungus.
Key Concepts: Fungal infections represent the invasion of fungi in tissue. Only 200 fungal species are able to cause infection to human host, of these only 20â25 species commonly cause infection. Fungi appearance is either hyphae (known as mould) or yeast. Few are dimorphic and change from one state to other depending on the temperature conditions. Fungi can cause superficial to deeper infections to human host.