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A retrospective 3-year longitudinal evaluation of periodontal therapy using the CPITN index was performed. Each sextant in 123 patients exhibiting moderate to advanced adult periodontitis was given a score that recorded the condition of the worst affected site in that sextant. Whereas very few sextants had an initial CPITN Code 0, the prevalence of sextants with an initial CPITN Code 4 was quite high. Posterior sextants with CPITN Code 4 were more likely treated with surgery than sextants with CPITN Code 3. Although surgery appeared to be more effective than non-surgical therapy in reducing the CPITN Codes for posterior sextants at 1 year, there were no differences between the 2 forms of therapy at the 3-year examination. Anterior sextants were treated with a non-surgical approach regardless of CPITN Code at either initial examination or reevaluation. The outcome of therapy in this study using the CPITN index is comparable to other studies utilizing mean pocket depth and attachment level. Although the CPITN index does not prescribe specific therapeutic interventions, this index provides a useful tool to monitor patients in the treatment of periodontitis.
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PMID:A longitudinal evaluation of periodontal therapy using the CPITN index. 267 56

Investigating the scintigraphic images of jaws may have a diagnostic value of bone alterations of dental origin. Anterior view of whole body bone scintigraphy revealed hot spot on jaws of 61% (279) of patients. Twenty-six patients (mean age 58.3 year) from all of those who had increased tracer uptake (ITU) in the maxillo-mandibular region were called back for dental examination. 279 out of 459 (61%) patients had ITU in the maxillo-mandibular region. Dental examination revealed the dental origin of ITU in all cases. In case of periapical pathosis tracer uptake showed 28.79% increase compared to the contralateral side. In marginal periodontitis 23.82% ITU was found. In case of loading due to prosthesis 13.06% ITU was observed. The mean DMF-T value was 26.36 +/- 4.52 (D = 4.12, M = 20.8, F = 1.44). The prosthetic index was 0.42 on the mandible. The above mentioned data mean very low oral health conditions of the patients included in this examination. The results show that bone scintigraphy is a valuable procedure in detecting tooth related jaw lesions. Bone scintigraphy provides very useful data on oral health of these patients. Enrolling of these patients into regular dental care is inevitable.
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PMID:[The role of scintigraphy in the diagnosis of mandibular bone changes]. 1497 Dec 61