A comparative assessment of subgingival temperature in bleeding and non-bleeding sites before and after periodontal treatment

P Allam; K L Vandana; M Khatri

A comparative assessment of subgingival temperature in bleeding and non-bleeding sites before and after periodontal treatment

Indian J Dent Res. 2001 Jul-Sep;12(3):167-73.

Authors

P Allam¹, K L Vandana, M Khatri

Affiliation

¹ Department of Periodontics, College of Dental Sciences, Davangere-577 004, India.

PMID: 11808068

Abstract

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.

Publication types

Comparative Study

MeSH terms

Adult
Body Temperature / physiology*
Dental Plaque Index
Dental Prophylaxis
Dental Scaling
Equipment Design
Follow-Up Studies
Gingiva / physiology*
Gingival Hemorrhage / physiopathology*
Gingival Hemorrhage / therapy
Humans
Male
Oral Hygiene
Periodontal Diseases / physiopathology
Periodontal Diseases / therapy*
Periodontal Index
Reproducibility of Results
Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted / instrumentation
Statistics as Topic
Thermometers