Periodontal Attachment Loss
"Periodontal Attachment Loss" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Loss or destruction of periodontal tissue caused by periodontitis or other destructive periodontal diseases or by injury during instrumentation. Attachment refers to the periodontal ligament which attaches to the alveolar bone. It has been hypothesized that treatment of the underlying periodontal disease and the seeding of periodontal ligament cells enable the creating of new attachment.
| Descriptor ID |
D017622
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C07.465.714.354.750
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| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Periodontal Attachment Loss" by people in Profiles.
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Is there association between stress and periodontitis? Clin Oral Investig. 2020 Jul; 24(7):2285-2294.
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Addition of enamel matrix derivatives to bone substitutes for the treatment of intrabony defects: A systematic review, meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis. J Clin Periodontol. 2017 Jul; 44(7):729-738.
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E-selectin and L-selectin polymorphisms in patients with periodontitis. J Periodontal Res. 2009 Feb; 44(1):88-93.