Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Alveolar periostitis.
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- noun periodontology Any of a number of inflammatory diseases affecting the
periodontium —the tissues that surround and support the teeth.
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- noun a disease that attacks the gum and bone and around the teeth
Etymologies
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Examples
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In more advanced phases, the disease is known as periodontitis.
Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause M.D. Vivian Pinn 2006
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In more advanced phases, the disease is known as periodontitis.
Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause M.D. Vivian Pinn 2006
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In more advanced phases, the disease is known as periodontitis.
Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause M.D. Vivian Pinn 2006
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In more advanced phases, the disease is known as periodontitis.
Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause M.D. Vivian Pinn 2006
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This oral disease is called periodontitis, in which bone-destroying cells are activated by toxins released by bacteria adhering to the surfaces of your teeth and then populate pockets around them.
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But popular theory says that gum disease, also known as periodontitis, is caused by bacteria that overgrow in the mouth.
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# -- The jaws may be infected in fractures communicating with the mouth or as a result of the unskilful extraction of teeth, but the majority of pyogenic infections originate in relation to carious teeth, beginning as a periodontitis which is followed by diffuse periostitis that may lead to necrosis of considerable portions of bone.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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When plaque—that sticky gunk made up of bacteria, saliva, and yesterday’s dinner—wedges between your teeth into your gums, it triggers a process of inflammation that leads to periodontal disease gingivitis is infection of the gums, while periodontitis occurs when the disease progresses to the ligaments and bones around the teeth.
You Being Beautiful Michael F. Roizen 2008
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When plaque—that sticky gunk made up of bacteria, saliva, and yesterday’s dinner—wedges between your teeth into your gums, it triggers a process of inflammation that leads to periodontal disease gingivitis is infection of the gums, while periodontitis occurs when the disease progresses to the ligaments and bones around the teeth.
You Being Beautiful Michael F. Roizen 2008
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Elderly individuals display increased susceptibility to chronic inflammatory diseases and microbial infections, such as periodontitis and oral aspiration pneumonia.
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