how does dental calculus cause bone loss?

Question

i’ve been watching a lot of dentist videos and the hygienists/dental practitioners keep mentioning that the calculus has/will cause severe bone loss.

google hasn’t been super helpful in explaining how exactly the bone is destroyed by the calculus, one dentist said ‘the bone doesn’t like the calculus so it moves away from it, causing loss’ but that doesn’t make too much sense to me either.

thanks in advance!

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Answer 1

So please correct me if I’m wrong but calculus creates a retentive surface for plaque and bacteria. In the right condition some of these bacteria trigger prolonged inflammation of the tissue that supports and surrounds your teeth. No support-> bone loss.