In search of appropriate measures of periodontal status: The Periodontal Profile Phenotype (P3 ) system.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:This paper focuses on Periodontal Profile Class (PPC), a component of the Periodontal Profile Phenotype (P3 ) System that may be more representative of the periodontitis phenotype than current case definitions of periodontitis. Data illustrate the unique aspects of the PPC compared with other commonly used periodontal classification indices. METHODS:Latent Class Analysis (LCA) identified discrete classes of individuals grouped by tooth-level clinical parameters. The analysis defined seven distinct periodontal profile classes (PPC A through G) and seven distinct tooth profile classes (TPC A through G). This LCA classification was an entirely data-derived agnostic process without any preconceived presumptions of what constituted disease. RESULTS:Comparing the PPC with the Centers

SUBMITTER: Beck JD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6125155 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature