title: Aggressive periodontitis: the historic quest for understanding.
abstract: Aggressive periodontitis has had many names as well as theories behind its etiology. The current paper looks to investigate this history and show the evolution of both nomenclature and understanding. Going beyond academic debates, emerging trends and conventions are also examined and placed into a clinical perspective. The aim of the paper is to recognize the origins of the elusive disease in order to form a concrete understanding of this multifactorial phenomenon.
authors.affiliation: Advanced Periodontology, Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles Calif 90089, USA.
authors.forename: Alon
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Frydman
authors.forename: Krikor
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Simonian
mesh_terms: D010520:Aggressive Periodontitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000266:history* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy; D006665:History of Dentistry; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D010510:Periodontal Diseases / Q000145:classification / Q000266:history*; D011859:Radiography