Estimation of the Periodontal Inflamed Surface Area by Simple Oral Examination

The periodontal inflamed surface area (PISA) is a useful index for clinical and epidemiological assessments, since it can represent the inflammation status of patients in one contentious variable. However, calculation of the PISA is difficult, requiring six point probing depth measurements with or w...

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Main Authors: Yoshiaki Nomura, Toshiya Morozumi, Yukihiro Numabe, Yorimasa Ogata, Yohei Nakayama, Tsutomu Sugaya, Toshiaki Nakamura, Soh Sato, Shogo Takashiba, Satoshi Sekino, Nobuo Yoshinari, Nobuhiro Hanada, Naoyuki Sugano, Mitsuo Fukuda, Masato Minabe, Makoto Umeda, Koichi Tabeta, Keiso Takahashi, Kazuyuki Noguchi, Hiroaki Kobayashi, Hideki Takai, Fusanori Nishimura, Fumihiko Suzuki, Erika Kakuta, Atsutoshi Yoshimura, Atsushi Saito, Taneaki Nakagawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-02-01
Series:Journal of Clinical Medicine
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/10/4/723