01.12.2017 | Treatment | Ausgabe 1/2017
Evidence-based decision making in periodontal tooth prognosis
- Zeitschrift:
- Clinical Dentistry Reviewed > Ausgabe 1/2017
Abstract
Evidence-based dentistry requires application of current evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients. Long-term preservation of the periodontium is the main objective of periodontal therapy. Before a treatment plan is established, the diagnosis and etiologic factors of the disease as well as the prognosis of the remaining teeth should be determined while predicting the final functional and esthetic result. Tooth prognosis can be classified as good, fair, poor, questionable, hopeless and indicated for extraction.
