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Pocket Formation 3 Years after Comprehensive Periodontal Therapy
Author(s) -
Halazonetis Thanos D.,
Smulow Jerome B.,
Donnenfeld O. Walter,
Mejias Judith E.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
journal of periodontology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.036
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1943-3670
pISSN - 0022-3492
DOI - 10.1902/jop.1985.56.9.515
Subject(s) - medicine , dentistry , molar , gingival and periodontal pocket , orthodontics , incidence (geometry) , periodontitis , physics , optics
The records of 50 adult patients were studied to determine the incidence of pocket formation 3 years following periodontal therapy. These patients were treated at the Postgraduate Periodontal Clinic of Tufts University School of Dental Medicine and were subsequently placed on a 3‐month maintenance schedule. A total of 1080 teeth with probing depths of 3 mm or less at the end of active therapy were examined. Before treatment 305 teeth (28.2%) had probing depths of 1 to 3 mm, 480 (44.4%) had depths of 4 to 5 mm and 295 (27.4%) had depths of 6 mm or more. Three years after active treatment 944 teeth (87.4%) had probing depths of 1 to 3 mm, 110 (10.2%) had 4 to 5 mm depths and 26 (2.4%) had depths of 6 mm or more. Pockets developed more frequently in maxillary than mandibular teeth, in molars more than in any other tooth type and in those teeth which before treatment had pockets of 6 mm or more. Pockets were less likely to develop in patients with good plaque control and in patients below the age of 40.