“…Testiment to this diversity is the nomenclature which has been applied over the years to this periodontally derived form of external tooth resorption. The terms include odontoclastoma (4), idiopathic external resorption (5), fibrous dysplasia of teeth (5), burrowing resorption (6), peripheral cervical resorption , (7) late cervical resorption (8), cervical external resorption (9), extra‐canal invasive resorption (10), supraosseous extra‐canal invasive resorption (11), peripheral inflammatory root resorption (12), invasive cervical resorption (1), subepithelial inflammatory root resorption (13, 14), periodontal infection resorption (15), or simply, and most commonly , cervical resorption (16).…”