Periodontal clinical parameters
Bleeding, PD, tooth
PLAQUE, BLEEDING
At baseline and reassessment examination, all participants received a full periodontal evaluation by a single masked calibrated examiner. One examiner was trained for repeatability for Clinical Attachment Level (CAL) measurement. Periodontal parameters such as PD and recession (REC) were assessed full-mouth and rounded to the nearest millimetre (UNC15 mm periodontal probe); CAL values were obtained by the sum of PD and REC. Plaque and Bleeding on Probing (BoP) were recorded dichotomously six sites per tooth in order to calculate the Full Mouth Plaque Score (FMPS) and the Full Mouth Bleeding Score (FMBS), respectively.