Aggressive Periodontitis
Synonyms
Circumpubertal Periodontitis
Early-Onset Periodontitis
Juvenile Periodontitis
Periodontitis, Aggressive
Periodontitis, Aggressive, 1
Periodontitis, Circumpubertal
Periodontitis, Juvenile
Periodontitis, Prepubertal
Periodontoses
Periodontosis
Prepubertal Periodontitis
Inflammation and loss of PERIODONTIUM that is characterized by rapid attachment loss and bone destruction in the presence of little local factors such as DENTAL PLAQUE and DENTAL CALCULUS. This highly destructive form of periodontitis often occurs in young people and was called early-onset periodontitis, but this disease also appears in old people.