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Abstract
Chronic inflammation and loss of PERIODONTIUM that is associated with the amount of DENTAL PLAQUE or DENTAL CALCULUS present. Chronic periodontitis occurs mostly in adults and was called adult periodontitis, but this disease can appear in young people.
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- Adult Periodontitis
- Periodontitis, Adult
- Periodontitis, Chronic
- Adult Periodontitides
- Chronic Periodontitides
- Periodontitides, Adult
- Periodontitides, Chronic
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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2009
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- Periodontitis (1966-2008)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Chronic Periodontitis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D055113. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D055113
- Chronic Periodontitis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronic_periodontitis
- Chronic Periodontitis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5113988