Abstract:Necrotising periodontal diseases (NPDs) are a group of infectious diseases that include necrotising gingivitis (NG), necrotising periodontitis (NP) and necrotising stomatitis (NS). These three clinical presentations may represent different stages of a continuum of the same disease process, with shared aetiological factors, and broadly similar initial clinical features and treatments. The term ‘ulcerative’ is no longer used in classification as ulceration is considered secondary to the gingival necrosis present… Show more
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