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Abstract
Localized circumscribed purulent area of inflammation in the periodontal tissue. It is a derivative of marginal periodontitis and commonly associated with suprabony and infrabony pockets and interradicular involvements, in contrast to periapical abscess which is attributable to pulp necrosis.
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- Abscess, Periodontal
- Abscesses, Periodontal
- Periodontal Abscesses
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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, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.
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do not confuse with PERIAPICAL ABSCESS: see X refs there; for coord read note on ABSCESS
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History Note
91(80); was see under PERIODONTITIS 1980-90; was ABSCESS, PERIODONTAL see under PERIODONTITIS 1965-79
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- National Library of Medicine. Periodontal Abscess. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D010508. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D010508
- Periodontal Abscess. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Periodontal_abscess
- Periodontal Abscess. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4669671