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What is Periodontitis?
- Periodontitis: Introduction
- Prognosis
- Complications
- Prevalence
- Other names for Periodontitis
- What causes Periodontitis?
- What are the symptoms of Periodontitis?
- Organs Affected by Periodontitis
- Can anyone else get Periodontitis?
- How is it treated?
- Society issues for Periodontitis
- Periodontitis: Introduction
What is Periodontitis?
- Periodontitis: Dental infection of the gums and/or related bones.
- Periodontitis: Inflammatory reaction of the tissues surrounding a tooth (periodontium), usually resulting from the extension of gingival inflammation (gingivitis) into the periodontium. (From Dorland, 27th ed)
Source - Diseases Database - Periodontitis: a disease that attacks the gum and bone and around the teeth.
Source - WordNet 2.1
How many people get Periodontitis?
Incidence (annual) of Periodontitis: 94,482 annual cases in Victoria 1996 (DHS-VIC)
Incidence Rate of Periodontitis: approx 1 in 48 or 2.07% or 5.6 million people in USA [about data]
How serious is Periodontitis?
Complications of Periodontitis:
see complications of Periodontitis
What causes Periodontitis?
Causes of Periodontitis: see causes of Periodontitis
Risk factors for Periodontitis:
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risk factors for Periodontitis
What are the symptoms of Periodontitis?
Symptoms of Periodontitis: see symptoms of Periodontitis
Complications of Periodontitis: see complications of Periodontitis
Periodontitis: Testing
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Periodontitis.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Periodontitis.
How is it treated?
Treatments for Periodontitis:
see treatments for Periodontitis
Prevention of Periodontitis:
see prevention of Periodontitis
Research for Periodontitis:
see research for Periodontitis
Society issues for Periodontitis
Hospitalization statistics for Periodontitis:
The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Periodontitis:
- 0.064% (8,225) of hospital consultant episodes were for gingivitis and periodontal diseases in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 99% of hospital consultant episodes for gingivitis and periodontal diseases required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 32% of hospital consultant episodes for gingivitis and periodontal diseases were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 68% of hospital consultant episodes for gingivitis and periodontal diseases were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 4% of hospital consultant episodes for gingivitis and periodontal diseases required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 1.2 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for gingivitis and periodontal diseases in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
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Organs Affected by Periodontitis:
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Name and Aliases of Periodontitis
Main name of condition: Periodontitis
Class of Condition for Periodontitis: dental
Periodontal disease, chronic adult periodontitis
Pyorrhoea
Source - Diseases Database
Periodontitis, Periodontal disease
Source - WordNet 2.1
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