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periodontogenic

periodontogenic adjective: that generates periodontitis.

Adjective

periodontogenic (not comparable)

  1. That generates periodontitis
    • A molecular biological test (Micro-Ident test, Hain Lifescience, Nehren, Germany) was used for identification of the five periodontogenic bacterial species.2015 August 29, Stefan Reichert et al., “Association of levels of antibodies against citrullinated cyclic peptides and citrullinated α-enolase in chronic and aggressive periodontitis as a risk factor...

Questions about periodontogenic

What does periodontogenic mean?
Periodontogenic means that generates periodontitis.
What part of speech is periodontogenic?
Periodontogenic is an adjective.

Words near periodontogenic in the dictionary

  1. periodontitides
  2. periodontitis
  3. periodontium
  4. periodontoclasia
  5. periodontogenesis
  6. periodontogenic
  7. periodontological
  8. periodontologist
  9. periodontologists
  10. periodontology
  11. periodontopathic

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