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The Importance of Probes in Assessing Periodontal Health

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AGD Subject Code: 490

EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES

After reading this course, the participant should be able to:

  1. Discuss how the periodontal probe helps support periodontal disease diagnosis.
  2. Identify the indications for probing and the importance of calibration.
  3. List advancements in technologies to improve periodontal assessment.

This course was published in the October/November 2024 issue and expires November 2027. The authors have no commercial conflicts of interest to disclose. This 2 credit hour self-study activity is electronically mediated.

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Khrystyna Vyprynyuk, RDH, BS, MHS, is an assistant professor in the Dental Hygiene Department at New York City College of Technology in Brooklyn. She also works as a clinical dental hygienist. Vyprynyuk’s research interests include periodontal instrumentation, oral cancer, provision of dental care to older adults and residents of long-term care facilities, and teaching methodology in dental hygiene education. She can be reached at kvyprynyuk@citytech.cuny.edu.


Catherine Monchik, RDH, BS, MS, is a full-time assistant professor in the Dental Hygiene Unit at Eugenio Maria de Hostos Community College in the Bronx and an adjunct assistant professor in the dental hygiene department at New York City College of Technology. She has worked in the dental field for more than 26 years and is a licensed dental hygienist working in clinical practice in New York and New Jersey. She can be reached at: catherinemonchik@gmail.com.


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