infrabony pocket


pocket

 [pok´et] 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.

sub·crest·al pock·et

a pocket extending apically below the level of the adjacent alveolar crest. Synonym(s): infrabony pocket, intrabony pocket

in·fra·bon·y pock·et

, intrabonypocket (infră-bōnē pokĕt, intră-) Pocket extending apically below the level of the adjacent alveolar crest.
Synonym(s): subcrestal pocket.