ArticleDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2021
Clinical Evaluation of a New Electronic Periodontal Probe: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial.
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- Digital Dentistry in Clinical Practice: A Scoping Review of Current Capabilities and Future Directions.International dental journal · 2026Article
- Molecular cytokine-dependent mechanisms of periodontitis pathogenesis and the potential for pharmacological IL-1 modulation in disease treatment.Frontiers in dental medicine · 2026Review
- Consensus Report of the 20th European Workshop on Periodontology: Contemporary and Emerging Technologies in Periodontal Diagnosis.Journal of clinical periodontology · 2025Article
- Applications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Diagnosis of Periodontal/Peri-Implant Diseases: A Narrative Review.Journal of oral rehabilitation · 2025Review
- Recent advances in therapeutic probiotics: insights from human trials.Clinical microbiology reviews · 2025Review
- Er:YAG laser biofilm removal from zero-gap periodontal/peri-implant model system mimicking clinical attachment loss.Journal of biomedical optics · 2025Article
- Diagnostic Potential of Salivary Interleukin-1International journal of dentistry · 2024Article
- Diagnostic potential of salivary interleukin-17, RANKL, and OPG to differentiate between periodontal health and disease and discriminate stable and unstable periodontitis: A case-control study.Health science reports · 2023Article
- Automatic Segmentation of Periodontal Tissue Ultrasound Images with Artificial Intelligence: A Novel Method for Improving Dataset Quality.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- The Role of Epigenetic and Biological Biomarkers in the Diagnosis of Periodontal Disease: A Systematic Review Approach.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
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Abstract
Precise measurements of periodontal parameters (such as pocket depths: PPD, gingival margins: GM) are important for diagnosis of periodontal disease and its treatment. Most examiners use manual millimeter-scaled probes, dependent on adequate pressure and correct readouts. Electronic probes aim to objectify and facilitate the diagnostic process. This randomized controlled trial compared measurements of a standard manual (MP) with those of an electronic pressure-sensitive periodontal probe (EP) and its influence on patients' acceptance and practicability. In 20 patients (2436 measuring points) PPD and GM were measured either with MP or EP by professionals with different levels of experience: dentist (10 patients), 7th and 10th semester dental students (5 patients each). Time needed was measured in minutes and patients' subjective pain was evaluated by visual analogue scale. Differences were analyzed using the generalized estimating equations approach (GEE) and paired Wilcoxon tests. Mean PPD varied with ΔPPD 0.38 mm between both probes, which was significant (
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