Accuracy and reproducibility of two manual periodontal probes - An in vitro study

Buduneli E., Aksoy O., Kose T., ATİLLA F. G.

JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PERIODONTOLOGY, vol.31, no.10, pp.815-819, 2004 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 31 Issue: 10
  • Publication Date: 2004
  • Doi Number: 10.1111/j.1600-051x.2004.00560.x
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PERIODONTOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.815-819
  • Keywords: accuracy, deformation, in vitro, manual probe, probing, reproducibility, CLINICAL-EVALUATION, DEPTH, ERROR
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Background: Periodontal probe is the standard instrument for assessment of probing pocket depth and clinical attachment level. However, probing measurements have inherent measurement errors from a wide range of sources, such as instrument, patient, examiner and disease status.