Use of digital periodontal data to compare periodontal treatment outcomes in a practice-based research network (PBRN): a proof of concept.

Stefanie Anna PeikertFelix MittelhammEberhard FrischKirstin VachPetra Ratka-KrügerJohan Peter Woelber

Published in: BMC oral health (2020)

The presented procedure was able to gather a large amount of practice-based periodontal data, and thus this study may support practice-based research networks. The data indicate that systematic and supportive periodontal therapy is successful on a practice-based level. Trial registration The study was internationally registered on 4 January 2017 in the German Clinical Trials Register (DRKS 00011448). https://www.drks.de/drks_web/navigate.do?navigationId=trial.HTML&TRIAL_ID=DRKS00011448.

Keyphrases

clinical trial
primary care
healthcare
phase iii
phase ii
study protocol
electronic health record
big data
stem cells
randomized controlled trial
minimally invasive
open label
machine learning
data analysis
deep learning