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Also known as acute gingivitis, chronic gingivitis, gingivaitis, Gingivitis
Gingivitis, also known as ulitis, is a non-destructive disease that causes inflammation of the gums. The most common form of gingivitis, and the most common form of periodontal disease, is in response to bacterial biofilms (also called plaque) that are attached to tooth surfaces, termed plaque-induced gingivitis. Most forms of gingivitis are plaque-induced.
Gingivitis is an inflammation of the gums caused most commonly by bacterial buildup (plaque) on tooth surfaces. It matters because it's the most common form of gum disease, though it doesn't permanently damage the gums like more severe periodontal diseases can.
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Key facts
- Medical condition (new).name
- Gingivitis
- Medical condition (new).synonyms
- Ulitis, Early-stage gum disease
- Medical condition (new).image
- Gingivitis (crop).jpg
- Medical condition (new).caption
- A severe case of gingivitis
- Medical condition (new).field
- Dentistry
- Medical condition (new).complications
- Periodontal disease
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Research
74,390 papers- Gingivitis.ReviewJournal of clinical periodontology · 1986Page RCDOI: 10.1111/j.1600-051x.1986.tb01471.x
- Non-plaque-induced gingival diseases.ReviewJournal of clinical periodontology · 2018Holmstrup P, Plemons J, Meyle JDOI: 10.1111/jcpe.12938
- Human variation in gingival inflammation.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2021Bamashmous S, Kotsakis GA, Kerns KA et al.DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2012578118
- Non-plaque-induced gingival diseases.Journal of periodontology · 2018Holmstrup P, Plemons J, Meyle JDOI: 10.1002/JPER.17-0163
- Gingivitis in pregnancy.Oral surgery, oral medicine, and oral pathology · 1949MAIER AW, ORBAN BDOI: 10.1016/0030-4220(49)90365-5
- Gingivitis in children.The Journal of pedodontics · 1981Tsamtsouris A, Saadia AM
- [Cyclosporine-induced hypertrophic gingivitis].ReviewStomatologiia · 1996Petrikas AZh, Chestnykh EV
- A review of factors influencing the incidence and severity of plaque-induced gingivitis.ReviewMinerva stomatologica · 2013Trombelli L, Farina R
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- Instance of
- symptom or sign
- Subclass of
- disease
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- Gingivitis (crop).jpg
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- Commons category
- Gingivitis
- health specialty
- oral medicine
- ICPC 2 ID
- D82
- NCI Thesaurus ID
- C34474
- exact match
- purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0000230
- drug or therapy used for treatment
- chlorhexidine
- WordLift URL
- data.wordlift.io/wl01714/entity/gingivitis
- ICD-9-CM
- 523.10
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