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MeSH Heading: Aggressive Periodontitis
Tree Number(s): C07.465.714.533.161
Unique ID: D010520
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010520
Annotation: do not confuse entry term PERIODONTOSIS with "periodontosis" seen in foreign lit, meaning "periodontal disease" and indexed under PERIODONTAL DISEASES
Scope Note: Inflammation and loss of PERIODONTIUM that is characterized by rapid attachment loss and bone destruction in the presence of little local factors such as DENTAL PLAQUE and DENTAL CALCULUS. This highly destructive form of periodontitis often occurs in young people and was called early-onset periodontitis, but this disease also appears in old people.
Entry Term(s): Early-Onset Periodontitis; Juvenile Periodontitis; Periodontitis, Aggressive, 1; Periodontitis, Circumpubertal; Periodontitis, Juvenile; Periodontitis, Prepubertal; Periodontosis; Prepubertal Periodontitis
Previous Indexing: Periodontal Diseases (1966-1983)
Public MeSH Note: 2009; see PERIODONTITIS, JUVENILE 1997-2008, see PERIODONTOSIS 1984-1996, see PERIODONTAL DISEASES 1966-1983
History Note: 2009 (1997); use PERIODONTOSIS 1984-1996, use PERIODONTAL DISEASES 1966-1983
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1983/04/21
Revision Date: 2019/07/05

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0016343
Scope Note: Inflammation and loss of PERIODONTIUM that is characterized by rapid attachment loss and bone destruction in the presence of little local factors such as DENTAL PLAQUE and DENTAL CALCULUS. This highly destructive form of periodontitis often occurs in young people and was called early-onset periodontitis, but this disease also appears in old people.
Terms: Aggressive Periodontitis Preferred Term
Term UI T706688
Date09/27/2007
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2009); Periodontitis, Prepubertal
Term UI T031082
Date09/19/1995
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Periodontitis, Circumpubertal
Term UI T031083
Date09/19/1995
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1997); Periodontitis, Juvenile
Term UI T031081
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Early-Onset Periodontitis
Term UI T706689
Date09/27/2007
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2009); Juvenile Periodontitis
Term UI T706886
Date10/01/2007
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2009); Prepubertal Periodontitis
Term UI T706887
Date10/01/2007
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2009)

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