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Tooth mobility and periodontal Disease
Author(s) -
Glargia M.,
Lindhe J.
Publication year - 1997
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.1997.tb01190.x
Subject(s) - periodontium , tooth mobility , periodontal disease , medicine , dentistry , disease , orthodontics , pathology
Tooth mobility (TM) is an important feature of periodontal disease. This is evidenced by the large number of devices and methods of TM assessment that have been developed and tested. TM had been considered and investigated as an indirect measure of the functional condition of the periodontium as well as possible aggravating co‐factor for periodontal disease.