Diseases

Periapical Abscess

Acute or chronic inflammation of tissues surrounding the apical portion of a tooth, associated with the collection of pus, resulting from infection following pulp infection through a carious lesion or as a result of an injury causing pulp necrosis. (Dorland, 27th ed)

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Abstract

Acute or chronic inflammation of tissues surrounding the apical portion of a tooth, associated with the collection of pus, resulting from infection following pulp infection through a carious lesion or as a result of an injury causing pulp necrosis. (Dorland, 27th ed)

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Synonyms

22 entry terms
  • Abscess, Periapical
  • Alveolar Abscess, Apical
  • Dentoalveolar Abscess, Apical
  • Periapical Periodontitis, Suppurative
  • Periodontitis, Apical, Suppurative
  • Abscess, Apical Alveolar
  • Abscess, Apical Dentoalveolar
  • Abscesses, Apical Alveolar
  • Abscesses, Apical Dentoalveolar
  • Abscesses, Periapical
  • Alveolar Abscesses, Apical
  • Apical Alveolar Abscess
  • Apical Alveolar Abscesses
  • Apical Dentoalveolar Abscess
  • Apical Dentoalveolar Abscesses
  • Dentoalveolar Abscesses, Apical
  • Periapical Abscesses
  • Periapical Periodontitides, Suppurative
  • Periodontitides, Suppurative Periapical
  • Periodontitis, Suppurative Periapical
  • Suppurative Periapical Periodontitides
  • Suppurative Periapical Periodontitis

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Aspects Covered

36 allowable subheadings

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, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

do not confuse with PERIODONTAL ABSCESS: note X refs below; for coord read note on ABSCESS

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Tree Numbers

  1. C01w.830.025w.650w
  2. C07.320.830.700w.700w
  3. C07.465w.714.306.700w.700w
  4. C07.465w.714.533w.487w.700w

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NLM Classification

WU 241

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Periapical Abscess. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D010482. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D010482
  2. Periapical Abscess. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Periapical_abscess
  3. Periapical Abscess. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3624834