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MeSH Heading: Chronic Periodontitis
Tree Number(s): C07.465.714.533.324; C23.550.291.500.313
Unique ID: D055113
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D055113
Scope Note: Chronic inflammation and loss of PERIODONTIUM that is associated with the amount of DENTAL PLAQUE or DENTAL CALCULUS present. Chronic periodontitis occurs mostly in adults and was called adult periodontitis, but this disease can appear in young people.
Entry Term(s): Adult Periodontitis; Periodontitis, Adult; Periodontitis, Chronic
Previous Indexing: Periodontitis (1966-2008)
Public MeSH Note: 2009
History Note: 2009
Date Established: 2009/01/01
Date of Entry: 2008/07/08
Revision Date: 2021/03/12

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: M0514036
Scope Note: Chronic inflammation and loss of PERIODONTIUM that is associated with the amount of DENTAL PLAQUE or DENTAL CALCULUS present. Chronic periodontitis occurs mostly in adults and was called adult periodontitis, but this disease can appear in young people.
Terms: Chronic Periodontitis Preferred Term
Term UI T706881
Date10/01/2007
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2009); Adult Periodontitis
Term UI T706882
Date10/01/2007
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2009); Periodontitis, Adult
Term UI T812171
Date11/15/2011
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID OMIM (2013); Periodontitis, Chronic
Term UI T812172
Date11/15/2011
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID OMIM (2013)

Chronic Periodontitis MeSH Descriptor Data 2024