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Investigation of the relationship between clinically detected loss of attachment and radiographic changes in early periodontal disease
Author(s) -
Mann J.,
Pettigrew J.,
Beideman R.,
Green P.,
Ship I.
Publication year - 1985
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.1985.tb00922.x
Subject(s) - medicine , radiography , periodontal disease , dentistry , dental alveolus , medical diagnosis , clinical attachment loss , orthodontics , radiology
A total of 183 students, ages 12–16, were examined clinically to determine periodontal attachment loss by a trained examiner, utilizing standard techniques. 70 of these were selected, for whom bitewing radiographs were available for assessment of early alveolar bone loss by 2 radiologists and a general dentist, utilizing 4 criteria. The results indicate poor agreement between clinical and radiographic diagnoses by the 3 examiners. Variations were also found in the diagnosis of pathologic sites utilizing radiographs. The data indicate that bitewing dental radiographs were a poor screening or diagnostic procedure for the assessment of early periodontal disease in adolescents.