Definition of Periodontitis
1. Noun. A disease that attacks the gum and bone and around the teeth.
Generic synonyms: Disease
Specialized synonyms: Pyorrhea, Pyorrhea Alveolaris, Pyorrhoea, Riggs' Disease, Alveolar Resorption, Gingivitis, Ulatrophia
Definition of Periodontitis
1. Noun. (context: periodontology) Any of a number of inflammatory diseases affecting the periodontium—the tissues that surround and support the teeth. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Periodontitis
1. Gum disease, gingivitis. (12 Dec 1998)
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Literary usage of Periodontitis
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1. Oral Abscesses by Kurt Hermann Thoma (1916)
"Proliferating periodontitis and its sequels — or changes stimulating inflammatory
new growth beginning with proliferating periodontitis and resulting in a ..."
2. A System of oral surgery: Being a Treatise on the Diseases and Surgery of by James Edmund Garretson (1884)
"periodontitis. THE importance of the disease known as periodontitis commands for ita
... periodontitis, like inflammation in general, may exist either in a ..."
3. Mammalian Models for Research on Aging by Bennett J. Cohen, Institute Of Laboratory Animal Resources, National Research Council Staff (1981)
"GINGIVITIS AND periodontitis Definition Gingivitis is a relatively innocuous ...
A diagnosis of periodontitis is made when, in addition to the signs of ..."
4. The Principles and Practice of Dentistry: Including Anatomy, Physiology by Chapin Aaron Harris (1892)
"... this may be protected by a layer of the nonconducting material and the metal
introduced over it. CHAPTER XII. periodontitis. periodontitis ..."
5. Dental Electro-therapeutics by Ernest Sturridge (1918)
"Treatment of Root Canals—periodontitis from Septic Pulp—Acute Local periodontitis —
Alveolar Abscess — Trismus from Impacted Third Molar—Chronic Alveolar ..."
6. A Text-book of the Diseases of the Small Domestic Animals by Oscar Victor Brumley (1921)
"periodontitis. Definition.—This is an inflammation of the alveolar periosteum.
Etiology.—It begins in most cases from the irritation produced by a ..."
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