periodontosis meaning
[Medicine]
Localized periodontitis in teenagers and young adults. The onset is during the circumpubertal period but the diagnosis can be made beyond puberty. Lesions are confined predominantly to the first permanent molars or incisors and the distribution of lesions is usually symmetrical. The gingiva may appear normal. The lesions are highly active immediately following puberty but later destruction may slow or cease spontaneously. The disease is four times more prevalent in females than males and more prevalent in African Americans than in other races or ethnic groups. (From Schluger et al.,Periodontal Diseases,2d ed,p61) npl -to·ses : a severe degenerative disease of the periodontium which in the early stages of its pure form is characterized by a lack of clinical evidence of inflammation —called also paradentosis, paradontosis
Localized periodontitis in teenagers and young adults. The onset is during the circumpubertal period but the diagnosis can be made beyond puberty. Lesions are confined predominantly to the first permanent molars or incisors and the distribution of lesions is usually symmetrical. The gingiva may appear normal. The lesions are highly active immediately following puberty but later destruction may slow or cease spontaneously. The disease is four times more prevalent in females than males and more prevalent in African Americans than in other races or ethnic groups. (From Schluger et al.,Periodontal Diseases,2d ed,p61) n
Examples
- Noted as a rare disease, periodontosis was said to have been seen primarily in young patients.
- Described by Gottlieb as a " diffuse atrophy of the alveolar bone, " the term " periodontosis " was later applied and it gained acceptance as a disease entity, being defined as:
