The Importance of Probes in Assessing Periodontal Health

The periodontal probe appears straightforward, but it is also a highly complex instrument. The International Organization for Standardization defines a periodontal probe as a “dental hand instrument designed to measure subgingival pocket depth, used in dentistry for diagnostic purposes and assessment of the condition of periodontal pockets.”1 The probe is used to measure the size of the lesion (extraoral or intraoral) and assess the presence and the extent of periodontal diseases, the distance between teeth (diastema, open bite, overbite, overjet), and detect calculus.2–4
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