The staging and grading system in defining periodontitis cases: consistency and accuracy amongst periodontal experts, general dentists and undergraduate students.
Lorenzo MariniMaurizio S TonettiLuigi NibaliMariana Andrea RojasMario AimettiFrancesco CairoRaffaele CavalcantiAlessandro CreaFrancesco FerrarottiFilippo GrazianiLuca LandiNicola M SforzaCristiano TomasiAndrea PilloniPublished in: Journal of clinical periodontology (2020)
Diagnosis was highly consistent across time and moderately between examiners. Accuracy was almost perfect for stage and moderate for grade and extent. Additional efforts are required to improve training of general dentists.