What are other kinds of gum infections besides gingivitus and periodontitis?

ANUG: ..Which stands for acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis is another type as well as a disease that used to be known as juvenile periodontosis that is now called localized aggressive periodontitis.

It is a Continuum: I like to think about gum disease as more of a spectrum - the same process but in varying degrees. The other poster added some great info. In the end, though, gum disease is a bacterial process that progresses over time.

Varied: Because this question has a very long and detailed answer, we recommend you contact perio.Org. This is the american academy of periodontics, and has the best resources available.

Gum Abscess: is a localized gum infection or collection of pus. The treatment is quite simple and the primary goal of treatment is to drain the infection.