The reliability of pocket probing around screw-type implants.
Clin Oral Implants Res
; 2(4): 186-92, 1991.
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| ID: mdl-8597621
ABSTRACT
This study involved 108 patients (age 38-82 years) rehabilitated with overdentures in the lower jaw supported by 2 endosseous screw-shaped implants. At each follow-up visit, the clinical attachment level (PAL) around the implants was assessed with a Merrit-B probe or a constant force electronic probe, Peri-probe, and biannually parallel long-cone radiographs were taken to locate the marginal bone level. These data were used to examine the relationship between bone and attachment level estimations around implants. As a mean, bone level and PAL, for mesial and distal sites, was 0.67 and 0.61 for the Merrit-B probe, and 0.76 and 0.65, respectively for the Peri-probe. The highest correlations were obtained for sites with a healthy gingiva or in absence of intra-bony craters. Duplicate PAL registrations showed a standard deviation for the intra-examiner variability of 2.37 (Peri-probe) or 0.40 mm (Merrit-B probe) with more than 90% of the variation within 0.5 mm. The mean difference in PAL between Merrit-B probe or Peri-probe was 0.05 mm. It was concluded that the clinical attachment level determination is a reliable indicator for bone level around implants with a moderate healthy gingiva.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Periodoncia
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Implantes Dentales
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Pérdida de Hueso Alveolar
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Pérdida de la Inserción Periodontal
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Evaluation_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Adult
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Aged
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Aged80
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Humans
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Clin Oral Implants Res
Asunto de la revista:
ODONTOLOGIA
Año:
1991
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Bélgica