Article
Early-onset periodontitis.
Current opinion in periodontology - 1 Jan 1996
Novak M J, Novak K F
Abstract excerpt
The group of periodontal diseases known as the early-onset periodontal diseases are defined by the age of onset of periodontal destruction, distribution of lesions, association of disease with specific microbial infections, and identification of characteristic alterations, in the host response. S...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans
- Aggressive Periodontitis
- Antibodies, Bacterial
- Chemotaxis, Leukocyte
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Disease Susceptibility
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- Neutrophils
- Periodontitis
- Porphyromonas gingivalis
- Risk Factors