What Is a Periodontal Probe?
The periodontal probe is the most important periodontal instrument for measuring the depth and shape of periodontal pockets.
Periodontal probe
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The periodontal probe is the most important periodontal instrument for measuring the depth and shape of periodontal pockets.
There are three generations of periodontal probes:
The first generation: ordinary blunt-ended periodontal probe with millimeter scale;
The second generation: pressure-sensitive periodontal probes.
The third generation: a pressure-sensitive electronic periodontal probe connected to a computer.
