Effect of Age on Bleeding on Probing (BOP) as an Indicator of Periodontal Inflammation in Patients Enrolled in Supportive Periodontal Therapy.

Oral Health Prev Dent · 2021 · PMC11640872 · PMID 33491377

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Older patients with high % compliance had a lower mean BOP (14.2% ± 9.5; n = 64) than younger patients with high % compliance (18.0% ± 11.7, n = 37), which was not quite statistically significant (p = 0.0841) ( Table 3 ).

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