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Descriptor English: Periodontal Abscess
Descriptor Spanish: Absceso Periodontal
Descriptor absceso periodontal
Scope note: Área purulenta circunscrita y localizada de inflamación que se produce en el tejido periodontal. Se deriva de una periodontitis marginal y suele asociarse a bolsas supraóseas e infraóseas y compromiso interradicular, a diferencia de los abcesos periapicales que se atribuyen a la necrosis de la pulpa.
Descriptor Portuguese: Abscesso Periodontal
Descriptor French: Abcès parodontal
Entry term(s): Abscess, Periodontal
Abscesses, Periodontal
Periodontal Abscesses
Tree number(s): C01.830.025.665
C07.465.714.533.650
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010508
Scope note: Localized circumscribed purulent area of inflammation in the periodontal tissue. It is a derivative of marginal periodontitis and commonly associated with suprabony and infrabony pockets and interradicular involvements, in contrast to periapical abscess which is attributable to pulp necrosis.
Annotation: do not confuse with PERIAPICAL ABSCESS: see X refs there; for coord read note on ABSCESS
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
TM transmission
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 91; was see under PERIODONTITIS 1980-90; was ABSCESS, PERIODONTAL see under PERIODONTITIS 1965-79
Online Note: use PERIODONTAL ABSCESS to search ABSCESS, PERIODONTAL 1975-80; use PERIODONTITIS 1966-74
History Note: 91(80); was see under PERIODONTITIS 1980-90; was ABSCESS, PERIODONTAL see under PERIODONTITIS 1965-79
DeCS ID: 10699
Unique ID: D010508
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 1994/05/27
Periodontal Abscess - Preferred
Concept UI M0016326
Scope note Localized circumscribed purulent area of inflammation in the periodontal tissue. It is a derivative of marginal periodontitis and commonly associated with suprabony and infrabony pockets and interradicular involvements, in contrast to periapical abscess which is attributable to pulp necrosis.
Preferred term Periodontal Abscess
Entry term(s) Abscess, Periodontal
Abscesses, Periodontal
Periodontal Abscesses



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