This is often accomplished with the use of a periodontal probe.

Proper use of the periodontal probe is necessary to maintain accuracy.

This results in obscuring a section of the periodontal probe's tip.

A dental instrument called a periodontal probe is used.

The dental professional with the use of a periodontal probe can measure and record a numerical value for various areas on each tooth.

In healthy individuals, the sulcus is no more than 3 mm deep when measured with a periodontal probe.

Using a tool called a periodontal probe, he or she can measure where your gums attach to your teeth.

A periodontal probe is an instrument in dentistry commonly used in the dental armamentarium.

The probing depth of the gingival sulcus is measured by a calibrated periodontal probe.

Dentists and dental hygienists measure periodontal disease using a device called a periodontal probe.

There are many different types of periodontal probes, and each has its own manner of indicating measurements on the tip of the instrument.

The primary purpose of a periodontal probe is to measure pocket depths around a tooth in order to establish the state of health of the periodontium.

Measuring disease progression is carried out by measuring probing pocket depth (PPD) and bleeding indices using a periodontal probe.

PracticeWorks brings intraoral camera and filmless X-Ray images, and digital periodontal probe input directly into your patient's chart.

The periodontal probe can also be used to measure other dental instruments, tooth preparations during restorative procedures, gingival recession, attached gingiva, and oral lesions or pathologies.

At that time we may use a special instrument called a periodontal probe to measure the depth of the crevice (pocket)-the space between the tooth and the gum tissue.

For diagnostic purposes and to monitor the effectiveness of treatment, your dental professional uses a periodontal probe to measure the depth of gum pockets and tooth detachment.

In contrast, the marginal gingiva lacks the presence of stippling, and the tissue is mobile or free from the underlying tooth surface, as can be demonstrated with a periodontal probe.

It is important to keep the periodontal probe parallel to the contours of the root of the tooth and to insert the probe down to the base of the pocket.

It is due to the periodontal probe damaging the increased blood vessels in the capillary plexus of the lamina propria, which are close to the surface because of the ulceration of the junctional epithelium (JE).

A report by World Health Organization in 1978 led to the creation of the Community Periodontal Index of Treatment Needs (CPITN) and a periodontal probe termed WHO 621 ("Trintity").

However, due to the presence of gingival fibers such as the dentogingival and circular fibers, the free gingiva remains pulled up against the surface of the tooth unless being pushed away by, for example, a periodontal probe or the bristles of a toothbrush.

Other digitized devices are also making their way into dental offices, including a possible replacement for that fearsomely sharp piece of steel, the periodontal probe, that dentists use to measure the depth of any treacherous spaces, or periodontal pockets, developing between teeth and gum.

Using the mucogingival junction as the boundary demarcating the apical border of the attached gingiva, a periodontal probe in inserted into the gingival sulcus to measure how much of the keratinized gingiva coronal to the mucogingival junction is in fact attached to the underlying bone.