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The zone of completely and partially destructed periodontal fibres in pathological pockets
Author(s) -
Saglie Reinaldo,
Johansen Jan R.,
Fløtra Leiv
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
journal of clinical periodontology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.456
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1600-051X
pISSN - 0303-6979
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-051x.1975.tb01742.x
Subject(s) - coronal plane , stereo microscope , dentistry , anatomy , gingival and periodontal pocket , materials science , junctional epithelium , periodontal disease , medicine , pathology , epithelium
The morphology, the width and the appearance frequency of the zone of completely and partially destructed periodontal fibres on human teeth were studied in the stereomicroscope. This zone was present between the most apical border of identifiable, epithelial attachment remnants and the most coronal intact periodontal fibres, and consisted of only a few fibres without any specific orientation. The mean width of the zone was 0.43 mm, and the appearance frequency almost 100%. The results of the comparison between clinical and laboratory pocket depths indicated that the pocket depths measured in the laboratory were always less deep than those recorded clinically. There seemed to be a relationship between these findings and the presence of a zone of completely and partially destructed periodontal fibres.