Guest Editorial: Clarifications on the use of the new classification of periodontitis
Mariano Sanz, Panos N. Papapanou, Maurizio S. Tonetti, Henry Greenwell, Kenneth S. Kornman
Abstract
Abstract This editorial provides clarifications on the application of the Stage and Grade classification of periodontitis. In particular it describes: (1) how to apply the extent criterion to the defined Stage of the disease; and (2) how to calculate tooth loss because of periodontitis in Stage III and IV cases presenting with evidently hopeless (irrational to treat) teeth with a clinical definition of such teeth.
Topics & Concepts
PeriodontitisAggressive periodontitisDentistryMedicinePeriodontal diseaseStage (stratigraphy)OrthodonticsBiologyPaleontologyOral microbiology and periodontitis researchOral Health Pathology and TreatmentDental Radiography and Imaging