Diseases

Periodontal Attachment Loss

Loss or destruction of periodontal tissue caused by periodontitis or other destructive periodontal diseases or by injury during instrumentation. Attachment refers to the periodontal ligament which attaches to the alveolar bone. It has been hypothesized that treatment of the underlying periodontal disease and the seeding of periodontal ligament cells enable the creating of new attachment.

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Loss or destruction of periodontal tissue caused by periodontitis or other destructive periodontal diseases or by injury during instrumentation. Attachment refers to the periodontal ligament which attaches to the alveolar bone. It has been hypothesized that treatment of the underlying periodontal disease and the seeding of periodontal ligament cells enable the creating of new attachment.

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  • Attachment Loss, Periodontal
  • Loss, Periodontal Attachment

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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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  • Periodontal Diseases (1976-1993)
  • Periodontitis (1976-1993)

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  1. National Library of Medicine. Periodontal Attachment Loss. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D017622. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D017622
  2. Periodontal Attachment Loss. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q54974031