Inflammation and loss of connective tissues supporting or surrounding the teeth. This may involve any part of the PERIODONTIUM. Periodontitis is currently classified by disease progression (CHRONIC PERIODONTITIS; AGGRESSIVE PERIODONTITIS) instead of age of onset. (From 1999 International Workshop for a Classification of Periodontal Diseases and Conditions, American Academy of Periodontology)
Pericementitis,Pericementitides,Periodontitides
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Dentistry
The profession concerned with the teeth, oral cavity, and associated structures, and the diagnosis and treatment of their diseases including prevention and the restoration of defective and missing tissue.
January 1984,
Parodontologia e stomatologia (nuova) : organo ufficiale dell'ARPA italiana, della Societa italiana Jonoforesi stomatologica e della Accademia ligustica di stomatologia,