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Gingivitis vs Periodontal - What's the difference?

gingivitis | periodontal |

As a noun gingivitis

is gingivitis.

As an adjective periodontal is

surrounding a tooth.

gingivitis

English

(wikipedia gingivitis)

Noun

(-)
  • (pathology) Inflammation of the gums or gingivae.

    • periodontal

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • surrounding a tooth
  • of, or relating to periodontics
  • *2002 , Leif Tronstad, "Clinical Endodontics: A Textbook", p. 70
  • *:Recently it has been shown that the bacterial flora of endodontic and periodontal' abscesses differ in certain aspects. Thus, in an endodontic abscess, the number of spirochetes is between 0 and 10%, whereas in a ' periodontal abscess the spirochete count is about 40%.

    • Related terms

    * periodontally

    Derived terms

    * periodontal disease * periodontal curette * periodontal scaler * periodontal ligament * periodontal pocket

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