PERIODONTITIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does periodontitis mean? 

• PERIODONTITIS (noun)
  The noun PERIODONTITIS has 1 sense:

1. a disease that attacks the gum and bone and around the teeth

  Familiarity information: PERIODONTITIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PERIODONTITIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A disease that attacks the gum and bone and around the teeth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

periodontal disease; periodontitis

Hypernyms ("periodontitis" is a kind of...):

disease (an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "periodontitis"):

pyorrhea; pyorrhea alveolaris; pyorrhoea; Riggs' disease (chronic periodontitis; purulent inflammation of the teeth sockets)

alveolar resorption (wasting of the bony socket)

gingivitis (inflammation of the gums)

ulatrophia (recession of the gums)

 Context examples 

If you have periodontitis, the gums pull away from the teeth and form pockets that become infected.

(Gum Disease, NIH: National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research)

The scientists reasoned that if Th17 cells are as important to periodontitis as the animal studies suggested, not having Th17 cells should protect against gum disease.

(Researchers identify immune culprits linked to inflammation and bone loss in gum disease, National Institutes of Health)

C. gingivalis is part of the normal gingival flora in humans, but can cause periodontitis.

(Capnocytophaga gingivalis, NCI Thesaurus)

It is a derivative of marginal periodontitis and commonly associated with suprabony and infrabony pockets and interradicular involvements, in contrast to periapical abscess which is attributable to pulp necrosis.

(Periodontal Abscess, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Representative examples include odontoma, enamel hypoplasia, and periodontitis.

(Non-Neoplastic Dental Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

It is manifested with periodontitis resulting in the premature loss of teeth and palmoplantar keratoderma.

(Papillon-Lefevre Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

A. actinomycetemcomitans is typically found as part of the oral flora and is a common cause of periodontitis.

(Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans, NCI Thesaurus)

M. timidum is found in the oral cavity and may be related to periodontitis.

(Mogibacterium timidum, NCI Thesaurus)

C. rectus, formerly known as Wolinella recta, is a periodontal pathogen causing chronic periodontitis and extraoral abscesses and has been associated with causing intrauterine fetal growth retardation.

(Campylobacter rectus, NCI Thesaurus)

J. ignava is commonly found in the gingival crevices of the oral cavity and may cause gingivitis and periodontitis.

(Johnsonella ignava, NCI Thesaurus)