| periodontist | <specialist> A dentist who specialises in the treatment of gum disease. (08 Jan 1998) |
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| periodontist (perio) | <dentistry> A dentist who specialises in the treatment of diseases of your gums. (05 Mar 2000) |
| periodontitis | Gum disease, gingivitis. (12 Dec 1998) |
| periodontitis complex | Vertical resorption of the alveolar process with pockets of uneven depth on adjacent teeth, and with traumatic occlusion as a factor. (05 Mar 2000) |
| periodontitis simplex | Horizontal resorption of the alveolar process with pockets of even depth on adjacent teeth; traumatic occlusion is not a factor. (05 Mar 2000) |
| periodontitis, juvenile | Localised 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. (12 Dec 1998) |
| periodontium | Synonym: periodontal ligament. Origin: L. Fr. Peri-+ G. Odous, tooth (05 Mar 2000) |
| periodontoclasia | Destruction of periodontal tissues, gingiva, pericementum, alveolar bone, and cementum. Synonym: periodontolysis. Origin: periodontium + klasis, breaking (05 Mar 2000) |
| periodontolysis | Synonym: periodontoclasia. Origin: periodontium + G. Lysis, dissolution (05 Mar 2000) |
| periodontosis | Synonym: juvenile periodontitis. Origin: periodontium + G. -osis, condition (05 Mar 2000) |
| periodoscope | A table or other means for calculating the periodical functions of women. (30 Mar 1998) |
| periomphalic | Synonym: periumbilical. Origin: peri-+ G. Omphalos, umbilicus (05 Mar 2000) |
| perionychia | 1. Inflammation of the perionychium. Synonym: perionyxis. 2. Plural of perionychium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| perionychium | Synonym: eponychium. Origin: peri-+ G. Onyx, nail (05 Mar 2000) |
| perionyx | Remnant of the eponychium remaining in the narrow fold overlapping the proximal part of the lunula found beginning in the 8th month of pregancy and remaining throughout life. Origin: peri-+ G. Onyx, nail (05 Mar 2000) |