The differential diagnosis of periodontal disease in childhood and adolescence.
Periodontal disease has been described as "the disease states which arise in the periodontium to the exclusion of other primary sites, and whose direct aetiology appears to be local or unknown".
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D010510:Periodontal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*