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The Prevalence of Juvenile Periodontitis ("Periodontosis") in a Dental School Patient Population

M.L. Barnett

Departments of Periodontics, Oral Pathology, and Oral Biology, School of Dentistry, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292

R.L. Baker

Departments of Periodontics, Oral Pathology, and Oral Biology, School of Dentistry, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292

J.M. Yancey

Departments of Periodontics, Oral Pathology, and Oral Biology, School of Dentistry, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292

In order to obtain additional information about the prevalence of juvenile periodontitis, a retrospective, cross-sectional study was performed utilizing the dentulous patient pool of an urban dental school. For a one-year period, 2.4% of patients between the ages of 13 and 30 were found to have juvenile periodontitis.

Journal of Dental Research, Vol. 61, No. 2, 391-392 (1982)
DOI: 10.1177/00220345820610020401
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