Medical Subject Headings

Last uploaded: January 16, 2025
Id http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D010508
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D010508
Preferred Name

Periodontal Abscess

Definitions
Localized circumscribed purulent area of inflammation in the periodontal tissue. It is a derivative of marginal periodontitis and commonly associated with suprabony and infrabony pockets and interradicular involvements, in contrast to periapical abscess which is attributable to pulp necrosis.
Synonyms
Abscesses, Periodontal
Abscess, Periodontal
Periodontal Abscesses
Type http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Class
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