prepubertal periodontitis

prepubertal periodontitis
a rare form of periodontitis, probably having an onset soon after eruption of the primary teeth. It occurs in a localized form that involves only some teeth, and in a generalized form that causes rapid destruction of alveolar bone and may or may not affect the permanent teeth.

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