title: [Nomenclature of regional tissue changes in periodontal diseases].
abstract: The nomenclature of periodontal diseases has undergone repeated alterations in the course of time. An important reason for this was the difficulty of reconciling the clinical symptomatology, which must always be the basis of a classification, with the nature of the tissue changes, i.e. with the pathogenetic principles underlying them.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D010510:Periodontal Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D010519:Periodontium / Q000473:pathology*; D009626:Terminology as Topic
vernacular_title: Zur Nomenklatur der örtlichen Gewebeveränderungen bei Parodontopathien.