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Why are pocket depth and radiographic bone height used when the standard pocket measurement is clinical attachment level?

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Why are pocket depth and radiographic bone height used when the standard pocket measurement is clinical attachment level?

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Pocket depth and radiographic bone height are used because they are predictors for disease progression and indicators of current disease activity. Clinical attachment is time consuming and difficult to measure and is not a treatment outcome used in general or specialised practice. The principle treatment outcome measures are reduction in probing pocket depth and improvement in radiographic bone level and density.

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