title: [Diagnosis of furcation involvement].
abstract: The diagnostic aids for the assessment of furcation involvement are identical with the ones used for periodontal assessment. For probing of the furcation area, a special curved probe is indispensable. A new imaging procedure for diagnosis of alterations in the furcation area is presented: after congruently superimposing digitalized x-ray films on each other, the only structures left visible are the ones whose density has changed.
authors.affiliation: Klinik fur Kronen-Brückenprothetik der Universität Bern.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Brägger
mesh_terms: D004846:Epithelial Attachment / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D010510:Periodontal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D011861:Radiography, Dental / Q000379:methods; D013382:Subtraction Technique; D014092:Tooth Root / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*
vernacular_title: Diagnostik des Furkationsbefalls.