"Chronic Periodontitis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Chronic inflammation and loss of PERIODONTIUM that is associated with the amount of DENTAL PLAQUE or DENTAL CALCULUS present. Chronic periodontitis occurs mostly in adults and was called adult periodontitis, but this disease can appear in young people.
| Descriptor ID |
D055113
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C07.465.714.533.324
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| Concept/Terms |
Chronic Periodontitis- Chronic Periodontitis
- Chronic Periodontitides
- Periodontitides, Chronic
- Periodontitis, Chronic
- Adult Periodontitis
- Adult Periodontitides
- Periodontitides, Adult
- Periodontitis, Adult
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Chronic Periodontitis" by people in Profiles.
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Translation of mouse model to human gives insights into periodontitis etiology. Sci Rep. 2020 03 17; 10(1):4892.
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A genome-wide association study identifies nucleotide variants at SIGLEC5 and DEFA1A3 as risk loci for periodontitis. Hum Mol Genet. 2017 07 01; 26(13):2577-2588.
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Validation of reported genetic risk factors for periodontitis in a large-scale replication study. J Clin Periodontol. 2013 Jun; 40(6):563-72.
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Common genetic risk variants of TLR2 are not associated with periodontitis in large European case-control populations. J Clin Periodontol. 2012 Apr; 39(4):315-22.
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CDKN2BAS is associated with periodontitis in different European populations and is activated by bacterial infection. J Med Genet. 2011 Jan; 48(1):38-47.
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COX-2 is associated with periodontitis in Europeans. J Dent Res. 2010 Apr; 89(4):384-8.
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A 3' UTR transition within DEFB1 is associated with chronic and aggressive periodontitis. Genes Immun. 2010 Jan; 11(1):45-54.
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