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Fig 2 Clinical example of bone sounding measurement prior to Fig 3 Clinical example of direct bone level measurement immedi-
extraction of the maxillary right central incisor shown in Fig 1. ately after extraction of the maxillary right central incisor.
Discussion
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in an under- or overestimation of the tions.29 Although underestimation experienced examiner (J.Y.K.) was
FOGTR measured by BS. Inaccurate in V-shape defect situations usually involved in data collection, clinical
diagnosis due to errors in BS mea- does not alter the treatment plan measurements were not as well-
surements can affect clinicians’ deci- for IIPP, an accurate assessment of standardized as in a prospective
sion making on treatment planning FOGTR before surgery is still impor- study. The measurement location of
for various surgical and restorative tant to minimize unexpected com- BS and DBL might not be as consis-
procedures, including IIP and IIPP. plications. tent as when a template is used. Fur-
The clinicians should always be pre- An overestimation (actual crest thermore, an inevitable slight facial
pared in the event that BS does not of facial bone is more coronal than free gingival margin distortion and/
reflect the actual FOGTR after tooth expected; BS > DBL) occurs when or minimal bony crest change after
removal or flap reflection in planned the probe stops beyond the facial extraction was not factored into the
IIP situations. bone crest during BS and/or there is study. Collectively, these likely con-
In this study, the BS-DBL mea- a change in facial gingival levels dur- tribute to the weak correlation be-
surement discrepancy ranged from ing/after extraction. Thin facial bony tween BS and DBL measurements in
−9 to 3 mm. The majority of the plate is more likely to cause probe this study (r = .238; P = .002). In pro-
discrepancy (14.2%) was an under- slippage beyond the bone crest dur- spective studies,18–23 templates were
estimation, where the actual crest of ing BS, especially when a probe with used as references to minimize the
facial bone was more apical than ex- a thicker tip is used. The diameter possible measurement errors men-
pected (BS < DBL). Underestimation of the periodontal probe tip used in tioned above. However, the results
is common when the facial bone this study was 0.56 mm. This is com- of the present study may be useful
dehiscence is deep and narrow, pre- parable to the recommended size as they represent realistic clinical sit-
venting the probe from reaching the of 0.6 mm with 0.20 gram force to uations rather than a well-controlled
most apical part of the facial bone. obtain a pressure that demonstrates study environment.
This kind of defect, more often than approximate probing depth.30 How-
not, does not affect the surround- ever, for BS, a smaller tip might be
ing soft tissue condition, which, advantageous, as less force is need- Conclusions
when healthy, may be resistant to ed to reach the bone level and thus
the BS force, making it hard for cli- there is less chance of slippage. The Within the limitations of this study,
nicians to discern the tactile sensa- presence of infrabony defect has BS was shown to be an acceptably
tion between tight tissue fibers and also been associated with overes- accurate and minimally invasive di-
thin bony crests. Therefore, deep timation.20 During even minimally agnostic tool for measuring FOGTR.
and narrow bone dehiscence with traumatic extraction, free gingival However, while the mean difference
intact connective attachment can margin is usually displaced apically, between BS and DBL measure-
sometimes affect the accuracy of BS causing FOGTR reduction and thus, ments was small, the large range in
measurement. The average probing overestimation is introduced in this difference can be alarming. For a
depth of 1.77 ± 0.55 mm (range = study; the frequency distribution of successful IIP/IIPP, the periodontal
1–4 mm) recorded in this study indi- overestimation was only 2.6%. Com- condition of the failing tooth should
cates shallow pockets at the majority pared to underestimation, overesti- be as ideal as possible. Regardless,
of the data collection sites. Fortu- mation is less problematic clinically BS is still the less invasive method
nately, a recent study has shown that as the crest of bone is more coronal to estimate the gingiva-to-bone re-
the shape (morphology) rather than than expected and the treatment is lationship in spite of the slight pos-
the depth of the facial bone defect less extensive. sibility of measurement discrepancy.
may have a greater influence on This study has limitations com- Therefore, clinicians should always
facial gingival esthetics and thus monly associated with any retro- prepare for treatment alternatives in
treatment planning in IIPP situa- spective study. While only one IIP/IIPP situations.
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