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- Title
Sulcus temperature distributions in the absence and presence of oral hygiene.
- Authors
Perdok, J. F.; Lukacovic, M.; Majeti, S.; Arends, J.; Busscher, H. J.
- Abstract
In this study we investigated the possibility of using sulcus temperature measurements as an early indicator for the beginning of gingival inflammation. Sulcus temperature distributions over the arches appeared to obey a quadratic polynomial. with a test group of 10 volunteers, all dental students, small changes in temperature were measured after subjects refrained from all oral hygiene: A slight but significant tendency for the frontal temperature to increase after 14 days of no oral hygiene was, whoever, present. The quality of a quadratic polynomial fit of the temperature distribution over the arches decreased significantly, already after 3 d of non-oral hygiene. this indicates that the coefficient of quadratic correlation for the temperature distributions over the physiology of gingival tissues. Furthermore, as its decrease was concurrent with an increase in plaque and gingival indices, it might serve as an early indicator for the beginning of gingival inflammation. However, further development work is needed in order to make this approach useful as a clinical tool.
- Subjects
ORAL hygiene; DENTAL plaque; TISSUES; DENTAL students; VOLUNTEER service; GINGIVA
- Publication
Journal of Periodontal Research, 1992, Vol 27, Issue 2, p97
- ISSN
0022-3484
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1600-0765.1992.tb01810.x