ADVANCES IN PERIODONTAL DIAGNOSIS - 2 - NEW CLINICAL METHODS OF DIAGNOSIS

This paper describes the new methods of periodontal diagnosis. An outl ine of the problems of periodontal probing techniques is followed by a discussion of the advances made by the use of constant pressure elect ronic probes. We finally highlight the problems of periodontal radiogr aphical techniques, leading on to a description of computer-aided radi ographic methods - in particular, digital subtraction radiology and co mputer-assisted linear radiology.