Periodontal Disease

  

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Periodontal Disease

Definition: Periodontal Disease

Periodontal Disease

Noun

1. A disease that attacks the gum and bone and around the teeth.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Specialty Definitions: Periodontal Disease

DomainDefinitions

Health

Damage to the gums. People who have diabetes are more likely to have gum disease than people who do not have diabetes. (references)

Medicine

Also periodontosis: disease involving the supporting structures of the teeth (as the gums and periodontal membranes). . plur. periodontoses. . WEBIN 66 2-. Source: European Union. (references)
 Disease involving the supporting structures of the teeth (as the gums and periodontal membranes. . . WEBIN 66 2-. . Source: European Union. (references)
 Pathology affecting the interdental tissues surrounding the root of the tooth. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonym: Periodontal Disease

Synonym: periodontitis (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Periodontal Disease

Specialty definitions using "periodontal disease": Alveolar Bone LossFurcation DefectsGuided Tissue RegenerationPeriodontal Attachment Loss, periodontosis. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Periodontal Disease

DomainTitle

References

  • The 2002 Official Patient's Sourcebook on Diabetes-Related Periodontal Disease (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Glickman's Clinical periodontology : prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of periodontal disease in the practice of general dentistry (reference)

  • Molecular Pathogenesis of Periodontal Disease (reference)

  • Periodontal disease : basic phenomena, clinical management, and occlusal and restorative interrelationships (reference)

    (more book examples)

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Non-Fiction Usage: Periodontal Disease

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

This is called gingivitis, the first stage of periodontal disease. (references)

See your doctor before scheduling treatment for periodontal disease. (references)

Good diabetic control is the best protection against periodontal disease. (references)

Business

In addition, the prevalence of periodontal disease, and the number of teeth that need to be extracted as a result, appears to increase with age. This may reflect an accumulation of disease over time, rather than enhanced susceptibility. (references)

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Periodontal Disease

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

  periodontal disease

357

  periodontal disease treatment

51

  picture of periodontal disease

15

  periodontal disease new york city

5

  advanced periodontal disease

2

  periodontal disease and heart

2

  periodontal disease heart disease

2
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Modern Translations: Periodontal Disease

Language Translations for "periodontal disease"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

French

  

parodontopathie, périodontose (periodontosis), desmodontose (periodontosis). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eriodontalpay iseaseday

   

Portuguese

  

periodicidade (frequency, periodicity, rhythm). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

enfermedad del periodonto (periodontosis). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Periodontal Disease

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-d-d-e-e-e-i-i-l-n-o-o-p-r-s-s-t"

-5 letters: desiderations, despoliations, endoparasites, personalities, radiationless.

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Alternative Orthography: Periodontal Disease


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

50 65 72 69 6F 64 6F 6E 74 61 6C      44 69 73 65 61 73 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010000 01100101 01110010 01101001 01101111 01100100 01101111 01101110 01110100 01100001 01101100 00100000 01000100 01101001 01110011 01100101 01100001 01110011 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#101 &#114 &#105 &#111 &#100 &#111 &#110 &#116 &#97 &#108 &#32 &#68 &#105 &#115 &#101 &#97 &#115 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 0065 0072 0069 006F 0064 006F 006E 0074 0061 006C      0044 0069 0073 0065 0061 0073 0065

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5071847581708180866778238758571678571

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Anagrams
9. Orthography
10. Bibliography


  

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