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PA-Zahn

12:23 Dec 12, 2015
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German to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical: Dentistry
German term or phrase: PA-Zahn
It means a tooth destroyed by periodontal disease. Is there an English abbreviation for periodontitis? If not, how would you phrase it?
Magdalena Kowalska
United Kingdom
Local time: 23:40


Summary of answers provided
3tooth lost due to peridontal disease
Jakub Rychter, PhD
3diseased tooth
Kristina Cosumano (X)
Summary of reference entries provided
FWIW
barbarameyer

Discussion entries: 6





  

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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
tooth lost due to peridontal disease


Explanation:
https://www.cda-adc.ca/jcda/vol-67/issue-4/207.html

Jakub Rychter, PhD
Spain
Local time: 23:40
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in DutchDutch
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
diseased tooth


Explanation:
Although I found the term "perio" in a list of abbreviations, this seems to fit your sentence best.

Example sentence(s):
  • "treatment options for the diseased tooth"

    Reference: http://www.aae.org/patients/treatments-and-procedures/implan...
Kristina Cosumano (X)
Germany
Local time: 23:40
Native speaker of: English
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Reference comments


3 hrs
Reference: FWIW

Reference information:
http://www.abbreviations.com/abbreviation/Periodontal Diseas...
PD --> Periodontal Disease

periodontal disease, periodontitis(noun)
a disease that attacks the gum and bone and around the teeth

barbarameyer
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Note to reference poster
Asker: PD seems right, see http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?Db=pubmed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=18591228&ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum , http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?Db=pubmed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=18547469&ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum, and http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?Db=pubmed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=16913241&ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum, all found via the excellent nactem database http://www.nactem.ac.uk/software/acromine/#demo

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