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Assessment of gingival translucency at the mandibular incisors with two different probing systems. A cross sectional study.
Kloukos, Dimitrios; Roccuzzo, Andrea; Staehli, Alexandra; Koukos, George; Sculean, Anton; Kolokitha, Olga Elpis; Katsaros, Christos.
Affiliation
  • Kloukos D; Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, School of Dental Medicine, University of Bern, Freiburgstrasse 7, CH-3010, Bern, Switzerland. dimitrios.kloukos@unibe.ch.
  • Roccuzzo A; Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, 251 Hellenic Air Force & VA General Hospital, Athens, Greece. dimitrios.kloukos@unibe.ch.
  • Staehli A; Department of Periodontology, School of Dental Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
  • Koukos G; Department of Periodontology, School of Dental Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
  • Sculean A; Department of Periodontology, 251 Hellenic Air Force & VA General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
  • Kolokitha OE; Department of Periodontology, School of Dental Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
  • Katsaros C; Department of Orthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, School of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Clin Oral Investig ; 28(7): 405, 2024 Jun 28.
Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38942966
ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVES:

Increasing evidence indicates that the thickness of periodontal soft tissues plays an important role in various clinical scenarios, thus pointing to the need of further clinical research in this area. Aim of the present study was to assess gingival thickness at the mandibular incisors by translucency judgement with two different probes and to validate if these methods are comparable and applicable as diagnostic tools. MATERIALS AND

METHODS:

A total of 200 participants were included; gingival tissue thickness was measured by judging probe translucency at both central mandibular incisors, mid-facially on the buccal aspect of each tooth using a standard periodontal probe and a set of color-coded probe, each with a different color at the tip, i.e. Colorvue Biotype Probe (CBP). Frequencies and relative frequencies were calculated for probe visibility. Agreement between the standard periodontal probe and the CBP was evaluated via the kappa statistic.

RESULTS:

When the periodontal probe was visible, the frequency of CBP being visible was very high. Kappa statistic for the agreement between the standard periodontal probe and the CBP was 0.198 (71.5% agreement; p-value < 0.001) for tooth 41 and 0.311 (74.0% agreement; p-value < 0.001) for tooth 31, indicating a positive association of the two methods.

CONCLUSIONS:

An agreement that reached 74% was estimated between the standard periodontal probe and the color-coded probe at central mandibular incisorsCLINICAL RELEVANCE In the context of the present study, the two methods of evaluating gingival thickness seem to produce comparable measurements with a substantial agreement. However, in the 1/4 of the cases, the visibility of the color-coded probe could not assist in the categorization of the gingival phenotype.
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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Gingiva / Incisor / Mandible Limits: Adult / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Language: En Journal: Clin Oral Investig Journal subject: ODONTOLOGIA Year: 2024 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Switzerland Country of publication: Germany

Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Gingiva / Incisor / Mandible Limits: Adult / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Language: En Journal: Clin Oral Investig Journal subject: ODONTOLOGIA Year: 2024 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Switzerland Country of publication: Germany