title: New horizons in periodontics. The challenge for diagnosis.
abstract: Contemporary periodontics offers successful treatment for most cases of periodontitis. The data analyzed in this paper suggest, however, that a large percentage of the population in our region suffers from established, overt periodontitis and does not receive periodontal therapy. Guidelines and the sensitivity and specificity of detection, using present-day clinical procedures of periodontal pocket probing and radiograph analysis, are described for the detection of patients with established, overt periodontitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Biology, SUNY Buffalo School of Dental Medicine.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Genco
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010510:Periodontal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy; D010512:Periodontal Index; D010517:Periodontics / Q000639:trends