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Abstract
Degradation or wasting of the PERIODONTIUM tissues that may involve the gum (GINGIVA), the alveolar bone (ALVEOLAR PROCESS), the DENTAL CEMENTUM, or the PERIODONTAL LIGAMENT.
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- Atrophy of Periodontium
- Periodontal Atrophies
- Periodontium Atrophies
- Periodontium Atrophy
- Gingivo-Osseous Atrophy
- Gingivo Osseous Atrophy
- Gingivo-Osseous Atrophies
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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2009
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Periodontal Atrophy. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D055093. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D055093
- Periodontal Atrophy. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55024900