Is loss of attachment due to root planing and scaling in sites with minimal probing depths a statistical or real occurrence?

Journal of Periodontology

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 349-353

  Gunsolley, John C ^a   Yeung, Gabriel M ^b   Butler, James H ^b   Waldrop, Thomas C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND DENTAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Periodontal attachment; Periodontal probes; Planing; Regression analysis; Scaling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PERIODONTITIS; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

DENTAL SCALING; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERIODONTAL ATTACHMENT LOSS; PERIODONTAL POCKET; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROOT PLANING; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 0035287376     PISSN: 00223492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1902/jop.2001.72.3.349     Document Type: Article

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