"Chronic Periodontitis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Chronic inflammation and loss of PERIODONTIUM that is associated with the amount of DENTAL PLAQUE or DENTAL CALCULUS present. Chronic periodontitis occurs mostly in adults and was called adult periodontitis, but this disease can appear in young people.
| Descriptor ID |
D055113
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C07.465.714.533.324
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| Concept/Terms |
Chronic Periodontitis- Chronic Periodontitis
- Chronic Periodontitides
- Periodontitides, Chronic
- Periodontitis, Chronic
- Adult Periodontitis
- Adult Periodontitides
- Periodontitides, Adult
- Periodontitis, Adult
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