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Periodontal vs Periodontium - What's the difference?

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Periodontal is a related term of periodontium.


As an adjective periodontal

is surrounding a tooth.

As a noun periodontium is

the specialized tissues that both surround and support the teeth, maintaining them in the maxillary and mandibular bones; the tissues including alveolar bone, cementum, gums and periodontal ligament.

periodontal

English

Adjective

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  • 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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    periodontium

    English

    (wikipedia periodontium)

    Noun

    (-)
  • The specialized tissues that both surround and support the teeth, maintaining them in the maxillary and mandibular bones; the tissues including alveolar bone, cementum, gums and periodontal ligament.

    • Related terms

    * periodontal * periodontics * periodontist * periodontitis * periodontology