Chapter 34: Interpretation of Periodontal Disease
Learning Objectives
At the end of this module chapter, you will be able to:
34.1
- Define the key terms associated with interpreting periodontal disease.
- Describe the healthy periodontium.
- Briefly describe periodontal disease and the progression to disease.
34.2
- In relation to the detection of periodontal disease:
- Discuss the importance of the clinical examination.
- Discuss the importance of dental image examination, including different techniques used.
- Describe the limitations of dental images in the detection of periodontal disease.
- Describe the type of dental images that should be used to document periodontal disease and the preferred exposure technique.
34.3
- In relation to the interpretation of periodontal disease on dental images:
- State the difference between horizontal bone loss and vertical bone loss.
- State the difference between localized bone loss and generalized bone loss.
- State the differences among mild, moderate, and severe bone loss.
