0 a condition in which the tissue around the teeth becomes swollen and the gums (= the pink flesh in the mouth into which the teeth are fixed) move away from the teeth --
A recent case has now linked periodontitis with a full-term babys death.
Disease of the gums, known as periodontitis, leads to detachment of the supporting structures from the teeth and their eventual loss.
A 0.3% prevalence of localized juvenile periodontitis was found, with different subpopulations exhibiting a range between 0.1% to 1.1%.
Often incidence refers to new sites that meet the definition of periodontitis, even if they occur within a person that already has other diseased sites.
Lasers are increasingly being used in treatments for chronic periodontitis.
Periodontitis leads to loss of the bony attachment of the teeth and tooth loss.
It is also used in the prevention of periodontitis.
Another cause is due to untreated necrotic pulp (chronic apical periodontitis).
