A comparative assessment of subgingival temperature in bleeding and non-bleeding sites before and after periodontal treatment.
Periodontal disease has affected human kind since times unknown. Various parameters are available to determine whether the tissue has been affected by the disease or not. In this study the reliance of subgingival temperature to be one of the parameters to determine the same has been evaluated.
Allam
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Department of Periodontics, College of Dental Sciences, Davangere-577 004, India.
Vandana
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Khatri
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D000328:Adult; D001831:Body Temperature / Q000502:physiology*; D003774:Dental Plaque Index; D003777:Dental Prophylaxis; D012534:Dental Scaling; D004867:Equipment Design; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005881:Gingiva / Q000502:physiology*; D005884:Gingival Hemorrhage / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009910:Oral Hygiene; D010510:Periodontal Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D010512:Periodontal Index; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D013821:Thermometers