GAMBARAN RADIOGRAF PADA PENYAKIT PERIODONTAL

Abstract

Periodontal disease is an infectiuos disease that happen of the periodontal tissue. In order to see the
progress of periodontal disease, a proper examination is needed in which it includes clinical and
supporting examination. One of a supporting examination in diagnoses periodontal disease is radiograph
examination. Radiographic appearance provide important information since it can show an image that can
not be seen by clinical examination like the length of the root, bone height, patterns of bone destruction
and others abnormalities of the periodontal tissue except gingival tissue. Radiographic appereance is a
valuable in the diagnoses of periodontal disease, treatment planning, determination of prognosis and
evaluation of the outcome of treatment
Keywords : Periodontal Disease, Supporting Examination, Radiographic Appereance