Clinical attachment loss may serve as a more precise, suitable, and pragmatic grading instrument for periodontitis: A clinical and radiographic validation study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The present study was aimed at assessing the sensitivity and accuracy of using clinical attachment loss (CAL) as a substitute tool for grading periodontitis, instead of the interdental bone loss (BL) percentage derived from two-dimensional radiographs.

Methods

One hundred patients diagnosed with periodontitis were included in the study. Periodontitis was graded according to the American Academy of Periodontology (AAP) 2017 classification. In the first part of this validation study, the BL percentage was calculated from periapical and panoramic radiographs and compared with cone beam computed tomography (CBCT). CAL was measured and divided by root length, and was subsequently used as a substitute for BL in periodontitis grading. The agreement and percentage agreemen

SUBMITTER: Meer RM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11655681 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature