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Suppurative inflammation of the gums, and absorption of the gums and alveolar process.

Publication Details

Penn. J. dent. Sci., 3, 99-104. 1876 CE.

“Riggs’s disease” – pyorrhoea alveolaris. Treatment of the disease by scraping was introduced by Riggs.

Thematic Classifications

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Entry Number#3685
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/5679
Author Bio LinkWikipedia ↗
External URLsuppurative-inflammation-of-the-gums-and-absorption-of-the-gums-and-alveolar-process