pyorrhea
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Pathology. a discharge of pus.
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Also called Riggs' disease. Also called pyorrhea alveolaris. Dentistry. a chronic form of periodontitis occurring in various degrees of severity, characterized in its severe forms by the formation of pus in the pockets between the roots of the teeth and their surrounding tissues, and frequently accompanied by the loosening and subsequent loss of the teeth.
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If used regularly and in time, Forhan's checks or prevents pyorrhea.
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The dentist cautions him against pyorrhea, for his teeth are loosening.
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When bacteria invade the soft tissues, pyorrhea comes into its own.
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Larger use of the X-ray by dentistry and more definite study of dental decay and pyorrhea as manifestations of something going wrong elsewhere in the body are necessary to real progress in the profession.
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If such is the case why could not the existence of pyorrhea and blind abscesses about the roots of the teeth be the source of the toxic factors mentioned by Fischer?
From Glaucoma A Symposium Presented at a Meeting of the Chicago Ophthalmological Society, November 17, 1913 by Nance, Willis O.
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