A practicable approach for periodontal classification

• Main Authors: Vishnu Mittal (Author), Raman Preet K Bhullar (Author), Rachita Bansal (Author), Karanprakash Singh (Author), Anand Bhalodi (Author), Paramjit K Khinda (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The Diagnosis and classification of periodontal diseases has remained a dilemma since long. Two distinct concepts have been used to define diseases: Essentialism and Nominalism. Essentialistic concept implies the real existence of disease whereas; nominalistic concept states that the names of diseas...