Question 46 · LDEK · Classification of periodontal diseases
What is the diagnosis for the following clinical scenario: a 45-year-old generally healthy female with a history of periodontal treatment demonstrated the following periodontal parameters: API 20%, BOP 8%, probing depths not exceeding 3 mm, clinical attachment levels not exceeding 4 mm, bone loss of 25% in the radiography?
- A. clinical healthy intact periodontium.
- B. clinically healthy gingiva on reduced periodontium.
- C. gingivitis on reduced periodontium.
- D. non-plaque-induced gingivitis.
- E. periodontitis stage II, grade B.
Hint
In a treated patient, judge current inflammation (BoP, PD) separately from past tissue loss (CAL, bone loss).
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