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Periodontitis: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia
18 Dec 2009 ... Periodontitis occurs when inflammation or infection of the gums (gingivitis) is untreated or treatment is delayed. ...
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001059.htm...
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Periodontal disease - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Periodontal diseases are those diseases that affect one or more of the periodontal tissues: alveolar bone · periodontal ligament · cementum · gingiva
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Periodontal_disease...
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Periodontitis: Periodontal Diseases: Merck Manual Home Edition
Periodontitis (pyorrhea) is a severe form of gingivitis in which the inflammation of the gums extends to the supporting structures of the tooth. ...
http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec08/ch115/ch115c.html...
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Periodontal (Gum) Disease: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatments
18 Jun 2009 ... When gingivitis is not treated, it can advance to "periodontitis" (which means " inflammation around the tooth.") In periodontitis, gums pull ...
http://www.nidcr.nih.gov/OralHealth/PopularPublications/Peri...
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Periodontitis: Common Dental Disorders: Merck Manual Professional
Periodontitis is an infection of the periodontium—causing inflammation of the periodontal ligament, gingiva, cementum, and alveolar bone. ...
http://www.merck.com/mmpe/sec08/ch095/ch095e.html...
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Maternal periodontitis and adverse pregnancy outcomes.
We evaluated periodontitis in relation to preterm birth (<37 weeks' gestation) and small-for-gestational-age (SGA, birth weight below the 10th percentile of
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18205634...
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Localized Aggressive Periodontitis: Pinning Down the Long ...
20 Dec 2008 ... For dentists who treat an occasional child with localized aggressive periodontitis, or LAP, the research points to the likely culprit as a ...
http://www.nidcr.nih.gov/Research/ResearchResults/Interviews...
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Smoking-attributable periodontitis in the United States: findings ...
BACKGROUND: The principal objectives of this study were to examine the relationship between cigarette smoking and periodontitis and to estimate the ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10872955...
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New Analysis of Periodontitis Prevalence
25 Nov 2008 ... Periodontitis can redden anyone's gums. But years ago, researchers noticed that some Americans seemed to be more prone than others to this ...
http://www.nidcr.nih.gov/Research/ResearchResults/ScienceBri...
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