Types of periodontal disease
Types of periodontal disease
Periodontal disease can be classified as
I. Gingivitis and periodontitis
- Chronic gingivitis (common plaque-related type)
- Chronic adult periodontitis (common, plaque-related type)
II. Less common types of gingivitis
- Acute necrotising ulcerative gingivitis
- HIV-associated gingivitis
- Herpetic gingivostomatitis
- Wegener’s granulomatosis
III. Uncommon types of periodontitis
- Prepubertal periodontitis
- Juvenile periodontitis
- Rapidly progressive periodontitis
- HIV-associated periodontitis
- Acute leukaemic periodontal destruction
IV. Miscellaneous periodontal disorders
- Gingival hyperplasia
- Familial
- Drug-related
- Periodontal atrophy
- Periodontal (lateral) abscess
- Pericoronitis
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