Category: P

A protective material applied over the wound created by periodontal surgical procedures. Also known as surgical dressing  

General term that includes all pathologic processes that affect the periodontal tissues. They can be restricted to the soft tissues (gingivitis) or involve all the periodontal support tissues (periodontitis) and induce periodontal attachment loss. Disease involving the supporting structures of the teeth (as the gums and periodontal membranes). Characterized by inflammation and degeneration of any…

A developmental odontogenic epithelium‐lined cyst that occurs along the lateral root surface of a vital tooth. Also known as a lateral radicular cyst or lateral periodontal cyst.  

Regeneration of tooth‐supporting alveolar bone that includes new cementum and periodontal ligament (PDL) on the root surface of a previously diseased tooth.  

Categorization determined by variable biologic or physiologic characteristics of periodontal tissue. To evaluate the periodontal biotype, a periodontal probe can be placed at the facial aspect of the periodontal (or periimplant) sulcus. It is categorized as thin if the outline of the underlying probe can be seen through the gingiva or mucosa, or thick if…

Pus‐producing infection of any periodontal tissue that usually involves the bone and soft tissue surrounding a tooth.  

Alterations in the morphological features of the bone. Osseous defects may be subcategorized as follows.  

Situated or occurring around a tooth; pertaining to the periodontium. To the area around a tooth. Encompassing a tooth; related to the periodontium.  

Erosion of the teeth due to chronic gastric regurgitation of stomach acid.  

Inflammation of the soft tissues that surround an osseointegrated implant that results in bone loss.