title: [Teeth electroexcitability in periodontitis].
abstract: Electroodontometric study of 756 intact teeth in 209 patients 18-65 years of age with normal periodontium and different stages of periodontal disease (periodontitis) showed that 96.8% of teeth in patients with mild periodontitis retained normal sensitivity, 68.4% -- with moderate periodontitis and 55% -- with severe periodontitis. Decreased pain threshold was detected in 3.2% of teeth of patients with mild periodontitis, 22.6% -- with moderate periodontitis and 12% -- with severe periodontitis. Increased pain threshold was not detected in teeth of patients with mild periodontitis, but in 9% with moderate periodontitis and in 29% with severe periodontitis it was obvious.
authors.forename: A Zh
authors.initials: AZh
authors.lastname: Petrikas
authors.forename: D I
authors.initials: DI
authors.lastname: Ziuz'kov
authors.forename: I Ia
authors.initials: IIa
authors.lastname: Piekalnits
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017288:Pain Threshold; D010518:Periodontitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014070:Tooth / Q000503:physiopathology*