Aggressive Periodontitis in a Nigerian Teaching Hospital
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Aggressive periodontitis in a Nigerian teaching hospital.
AIM These case series were aimed at highlighting late presentations of aggressive periodontitis (AP) in a teaching hospital as well as proffering possible reasons for such presentations which would serve as part of the solution to prevent such presentations in the future. BACKGROUND Aggressive periodontitis is a severe form of destructive periodontitis traditionally believed to present around...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Contemporary Dental Practice
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1526-3711
DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10024-1572