COMPARISON OF DIGITIZED AND VISUAL PLAQUE VITALITY MEASUREMENT

WALSH T., UNSAL E., VARELLACENTELLES P.

JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PERIODONTOLOGY, vol.22, no.8, pp.653-654, 1995 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 22 Issue: 8
  • Publication Date: 1995
  • Doi Number: 10.1111/j.1600-051x.1995.tb00820.x
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PERIODONTOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.653-654
  • Keywords: PLAQUE VITALITY, DIGITIZED IMAGE ANALYSIS, VITAL FLUORESCENCE, TISSUE DESTRUCTION, PERIODONTITIS, CHLORHEXIDINE MOUTHRINSES, LISTERINE, EFFICACY, BACTERIA, MERIDOL
  • Ankara University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Plaque samples from 12 patients suffering from adult periodontitis (8 male, 4 female), aged 32-58 (mean age 44.3) years were stained using the technique of vital fluorescence described by Netuschil and co-workers. The proportions of vital plaque was then assessed by 2 techniques: the visual methods previously described and by an image capture system linked to a computerised image programme. A total of 94 plaque samples were included in the study. Analysis of the data from the 2 sets showed that there was no significant difference between the two methods (p =0.26).