[Case report of acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis (author's transl)].
1974
T Yajima, and
T Ishizu, and
S Takeuchi, and
F Susuki, and
T Sueda
UI
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D005892
Gingivitis, Necrotizing Ulcerative
An acute or chronic GINGIVITIS characterized by redness and swelling, NECROSIS extending from the interdental papillae along the gingival margins, PAIN; HEMORRHAGE, necrotic odor, and often a pseudomembrane. The condition may extend to the ORAL MUCOSA; TONGUE; PALATE; or PHARYNX. The etiology is somewhat unclear, but may involve a complex of FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM along with spirochetes BORRELIA or TREPONEMA.