Intra- and inter-examiner reproducibility of manual probing depth

• Main Authors: Roberto Andrade (Author), Manuel Espinoza (Author), Elena Maria Gómez (Author), José Rolando Espinoza (Author), Elizabeth Cruz (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa Odontológica, 2012-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The periodontal probe remains the best clinical diagnostic tool for the collection of information regarding the health status and the attachment level of periodontal tissues. The aim of this study was to evaluate intra- and inter-examiner reproducibility of probing depth (PD) measurements made with...