Accuracy and reproducibility of two manual periodontal probes. An in vitro study.
Articles > Article · 2004
Authors: Zeki Eralp BUDUNELİ, O AKSOY, Timur KÖSE, FATMA GÜL ATİLLA
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PERIODONTOLOGY, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, 2004, vol 31, pp 815-819
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-051x.2004.00560.x
Summary
Background: Periodontal probe is the standard instrument for assessment of probing pocket depth and clinical attachment level. However, probing measurements have inherent measurement errors from a wide range of sources, such as instrument, patient, examiner and disease status.