Diseases

Necrotizing Ulcerative Gingivitis

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.

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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.

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13 entry terms
  • Acute Membranous Gingivitis
  • Acute Necrotizing Ulcerative Gingivitis
  • Fusospirillary Gingivitis
  • Fusospirillosis
  • Gingivitis, Necrotizing Ulcerative
  • Phagedenic Gingivitis
  • Trench Mouth
  • Vincent Infection
  • Vincent's Gingivitis
  • Vincent's Infection
  • Vincent's Stomatitis
  • Stomatitis, Ulcerative
  • Vincent Angina

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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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73; was VINCENT'S INFECTIONS 1963-72

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Necrotizing Ulcerative Gingivitis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D005892. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D005892
  2. Necrotizing Ulcerative Gingivitis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent%27s_angina
  3. Necrotizing Ulcerative Gingivitis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q539465