Under the 2017 AAP/EFP classification, a patient with 5 mm clinical attachment loss, probing depths of 6 mm, and bone loss extending to the middle third of the root is best staged as which periodontitis stage?

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Stage III. Interdental CAL of 5 mm or more and radiographic bone loss reaching the mid-third of the root place the case in Stage III, which also carries potential for tooth loss without intervention.

Under the 2017 AAP/EFP classification, a patient with 5 mm clinical attachment loss, probing depths of 6 mm, and bone loss extending to the middle third of the root is best staged as which periodontitis stage?

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