suprabony 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.

su·pra·bon·y pock·et

(sūpră-bōnē pokĕt) Periodontal opening extending apically by ending above adjacent alveolar bone crest.