title: Acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis. A study of some of the contributing factors and their validity in an Army population.
abstract: A study of some of the possible contributing factors in ANUG were evaluated by a comparison of ANUG patients with a random patient sample. This paper supports the role of stress and smoking in the pathogenesis of ANUG.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000150:complications; D018407:Bacterial Physiological Phenomena; D004731:Endotoxins / Q000009:adverse effects; D005892:Gingivitis, Necrotizing Ulcerative / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008885:Military Dentistry; D009910:Oral Hygiene; D012907:Smoking / Q000150:complications; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D004731:Endotoxins