Periodontal examination
Bleeding, PD, bleeding, tooth
BLEEDING, BLEEDING
The following clinical parameters were recorded: PD (distance in mm from the gingival margin to the base of the periodontal pocket); and CAL (distance in mm from the cemento-enamel junction or the margin of a dental restoration to the base of the pocket) using a periodontal probe (PCPUNC 15, Hu-Friedy, Chicago, IL, USA) at six sites per tooth rounded up to the nearest mm (mesio-buccal, buccal, disto-buccal, disto-palatal/lingual, lingual/palatal, mesio-lingual/palatal). Bleeding on probing (BoP), sites showing bleeding on gentle probing was estimated at four sites per tooth (mesial, buccal, distal, lingual) [