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periodontitis(encyclopedia)
Periodontitis(medicine)
Periodontitis(health)
periapical periodontitis(medicine)
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periodontitis complex(medicine)
periodontitis simplex(medicine)
juvenile periodontitis(medicine)
apical periodontitis(medicine)

leucoplastid (medicine) and periodontitis (sh)


leucoplastid (medicine)


leucoplastid
<botany> One of certain very minute whitish or colourless granules occurring in the protoplasm of plants and supposed to be the nuclei around which starch granules will form.

Origin: Leuco- + Gr. To mold.

Source: Websters Dictionary


periodontitis (sh)




Inflammation of soft tissues around the teeth (see tooth).

Poor dental hygiene leads to deposition of bacterial plaque on the teeth below the gum line, irritating and eroding nearby tissues. If it is not treated, the gum margin recedes, exposing the roots of the teeth. The process eventually involves the bone anchoring the teeth, which loosen and may fall out. Removal of all plaque deposits and affected soft tissues can arrest but not reverse bone deterioration.