periodontal pocket [Gk, peri, around, odous, tooth; Fr, pochette] , a pathological increase in the depth of the gingival crevice or sulcus surrounding a tooth at the gingival margin. Kinds include gingival pocket, infrabony pocket, intraalveolar pocket, intrabony pocket, relative pocket, simple periodontal pocket, suprabony periodontal pocket, supracrestal periodontal pocket.
