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In periodontal disease, not only does the bone that supports the teeth, known as alveolar bone, reduce in height in relation to the teeth, but the morphology of the remaining alveolar bone is altered.〔Carranza, FA: Bone Loss and Patterns of Bone Destruction. In Newman, MG; Takei, HH; Carranza, FA; editors: ''Carranza’s Clinical Periodontology'', 9th Edition. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Company, 2002. page 363.〕 The bone destruction patterns that occur as a result of periodontal disease generally take on characteristic forms. ==Types of destruction== There are four chief types of bone defects that present in the alveolar bone: # horizontal defects # vertical, or angular, defects # fenestrations # dehiscenses 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bone destruction patterns in periodontal disease」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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