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pocket (pokĀ“әt)   a bag or pouch; see also cavity, recess, and sac.
 

infrabony pocket  , intra-alveolar pocket  , intrabony pocket  a periodontal pocket in which the bottom is apical to the level of the adjacent alveolar bone.

periodontal pocket  a gingival sulcus that extends abnormally deep into the periodontal ligament apically to the original level of the resorbed alveolar crest.

suprabony pocket  , supracrestal pocket  a periodontal pocket in which the bottom is coronal to the underlying bone.





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