Category: P
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Periimplant tissue recession
Location of the receding marginal periimplant tissues apical to the prosthesis–implant interface.
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Periimplant soft tissue
Keratinized or nonkeratinized mucosa around an oral implant.
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Peri‐implant mucositis
A disease in which the presence of inflammation is confined to the mucosa surrounding a dental implant with no signs of loss of supporting bone.
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Periimplant disease
Collective term for inflammatory reactions in the soft and/or hard tissues surrounding dental implants.
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Periimplant crevicular epithelium
Nonkeratinized epithelium lining the mucosal crevice.
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Periimplant
Around the implant.
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Pericrestal incision
Incision placed not directly over the crest, but in either a more buccal or lingual location.
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Pericoronitis
Acute inflammation of the gingiva and/or mucosa surrounding a partially erupted tooth. Also known as operculitis. Inflammation of the gum around the crown of a tooth. Pericoronitis usually affects a partially impacted tooth, typically the third molar (wisdom tooth). If there is an opposing tooth, it may be difficult and painful to close the jaw.…
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Pericoronal abscess
A pus‐producing lesion that forms above the crown of a partially erupted tooth.
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Pericervical saucerization (syn)
Craterization. Pathologic crestal bone loss due to periimplantitis. Radiographically, the bone loss is cup‐shaped or saucer‐like around the coronal aspect of the dental implant.