Bone Levels - From Hypothesis To Facts

The most frequent operations used for the regeneration of periodontal tissues are the flap operation, bone graft, guided tissue regeneration, and a combination of bone graft and guided tissue regeneration. In assessing the regenerated periodontal tissue, it is difficult to judge whether true regeneration has taken place without histological evaluation. The present study evaluated the clinical reliability and accuracy of bone probing measurements by transgingival probing and radiographic bone level by RVG in assessment of bone level by comparing those results with surgically confirmed bone levels. The study concluded that SBL provides actual bone level assessment but it requires surgical re-entry which might hamper wound healing and may also be inconvenient for the patients. Hence bone level measurement by transgingival probing which highly co- relates with bone levels measured surgically, is most reliable method for assessing bone levels before and after any surgical procedures. Keywords - bone level, intrabony defect, radio visuo graph, stent, trans gingival probing.