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Acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis is associated with attachment loss
Author(s) -
MacCarthy Denise,
Claffey Noel
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
journal of clinical periodontology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.456
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1600-051X
pISSN - 0303-6979
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-051x.1991.tb00071.x
Subject(s) - gingivitis , clinical attachment loss , interdental consonant , medicine , dentistry , periodontal disease , tooth loss , soft tissue , pathology , oral health
Acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis (ANUG) has been generally considered as a gingivitis. However, clinical impressions suggest that periodontal attachment loss is one of the sequelae of the disease. This study was designed to investigate the extent of probing attachment loss detectable following resolution of the acute phase of the disease. 13 patients (3 male, 10 female) aged on average 22.7 years were studied. The presence of interdental soft tissue cratering was used to determine whether a site was previously affected by ANUG. ANUG sites were compared with other sites using a paired Student t‐test ( N = 13). Patient mean probing attachment level was greater for ANUG sites (2.2 ± 0.9) than for the mean of all other sites (0.8 ± 0.7). It is concluded that greater loss of probing attachment is associated with sites affected by ANUG than with other sites studied.