Diagnosing Advanced Periodontal Conditions

Question 1

Name the current conventional techniques

Answer 1

1. Clinical diagnosis- measure CAL
2. Radiographic- measure alveolar bone loss

Question 2

4 Limitations of conventional techniques

Answer 2

Does not provide the cause of the disease
Give no info about the patient’s susceptibility to the disease
Cannot identify site in remission or sites with ongoing Perio disease
Cannot differentiate whether response to therapy was negative or positive

Question 3

4 advanced techniques

Answer 3

1. Advances in clinical diagnosis
2. Advances in radiographic assessment
3. Advances in microbiology analysis
4. Advances in characterizing the host response

Question 4

Advances in radiographic assessment

Answer 4

Digital radiography
Computer tomography
CBCT
CADIA ( computer assisted densitometric analysis)
Subtract radiography

Question 5

Advances in microbiology analysis

Answer 5

Immunohistodiagnostic methods
Enzymatic method
Molecular biology techniques

Question 6

Assessment of host response

Answer 6

Inflammatory mediations and products
Host derived enzymes
Tissue breakdown products

Question 7

T/F: increase in subgingival temperature is related to attachment loss in deep pockets

Answer 7

False!
Related to attachment loss in SHALLOW pockets.

Question 8

T/F: Conventional radiographs are very specific and great in sensitivity

Answer 8

False!
They LACK sensitivity

Question 9

T/F: untreated periodontitis concentration of PGE2 was found increased

Answer 9

True

Question 10

Molecular biology techniques

Answer 10

Nucleic acid technique
PCR
Checkerboard DNA-DNA hybridization