"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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| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Chronic Periodontitis" by people in Profiles.
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Engebretson SP, Hyman LG, Michalowicz BS. Hemoglobin A1c levels among patients with diabetes receiving nonsurgical periodontal treatment--reply. JAMA. 2014 May 14; 311(18):1921-2.
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Engebretson SP, Hyman LG, Michalowicz BS, Schoenfeld ER, Gelato MC, Hou W, Seaquist ER, Reddy MS, Lewis CE, Oates TW, Tripathy D, Katancik JA, Orlander PR, Paquette DW, Hanson NQ, Tsai MY. The effect of nonsurgical periodontal therapy on hemoglobin A1c levels in persons with type 2 diabetes and chronic periodontitis: a randomized clinical trial. JAMA. 2013 Dec 18; 310(23):2523-32.