Periodontitis, a condition in which the supporting bone around teeth exhibits resorption
The word "periodontitis" comes from the Greek peri, "around", odous (genitive odontos), "tooth", and the suffix -itis, in medical terminology "inflammation".
Its role in periodontitis was first discovered by Danish-born periodontist Jørgen Slots, currently a professor of dentistry and microbiology at University of Southern California School of Dentistry.
has any therapeutic benefit in the treatment of chronic periodontitis, the American Dental Association has deleted that code from the fourth edition of Current Dental Terminology (CDT-4).