ch 8 perio

define periodontitis

periodontitis is categorized into two forms

primary risk factor for periodontitis

most reistant to destruction, and are the last sturcutres to be lost during disease activity

pathologically deepened gingival sulcus

two types of periodontal pockets

difference between pockets lies in the relationship of the base of the pocket or the coronal extent of the junctional epithelium to the .... and the type of ...

the base of which pocket is coronal to the crest of bone?

the base of what pocket is apical to teh crest of bone

Where is junctional epithelium in healthy gingiva