title: Evaluation of the Periotest as a diagnostic tool for dental implants.
abstract: The Periotest is examined as a possible replacement for outdated, inconsistent dental implant stability diagnosis tools. The Periotest has the advantage of offering reproducible findings by measuring the levels of subclinical mobility using an ultrasonically vibrating probe. The Periotest is successful in assessing the stability status of an implant, but it can detect the quantity of bony osseointegration only in terminal cases. Radiography proved to be a more sensitive method of determining pericervical bone loss; therefore, periapical radiographs in addition to the Periotest device were found to offer the most reliable assessment of an implant's status.
authors.affiliation: Brookdale Hospital Medical Center, Department of Dental and Oral Surgery, Brooklyn, NY 11212-3198, USA.
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Cranin
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: DeGrado
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kaufman
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Baraoidan
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: DiGregorio
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Batgitis
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D016301:Alveolar Bone Loss / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000539:Alveolar Process / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D015921:Dental Implants; D017267:Dental Prosthesis Design; D017268:Dental Prosthesis Retention; D019232:Dental Restoration Failure; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D016348:Osseointegration; D010474:Percussion / Q000295:instrumentation; D010519:Periodontium / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011859:Radiography; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000295:instrumentation
chemical_list: D015921:Dental Implants