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Fifty percent of people aged over 40 years suffer from periodontitis. Despite those numbers that mark periodontitis as one of the most common infectious diseases it is widely neglected.
Microbial testing is well established for subgingival plaque samples. However, many dentists refrain from this method, mainly because patient samples must be sent to a specialised laboratory causing additional logistic effort and costs for the dentist.
Quoting the Consensus paper (2010): Professional guidelines for microbial diagnostics of periodontitis in the dental office.
»The weaknesses of the currently available methods lie in the costs for the patients and in the time delay for commencing the therapy while waiting for the laboratory results.1.«
PerioPOC and the new automated PerioPOC Pro enable the dentist to obtain reliable results within a few minutes. All patients at risk for periodontitis or peri-implantitis will profit form this state-of-the-art service.
Quoting the Consensus paper (2010): Professional guidelines for microbial diagnostics of periodontitis in the dental office.
»A chair-side test to determine the microbial spectrum would be highly desirable1.«
*International Health Care Foundatio
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Application of PerioPOC in your dental office enables:
Targeted and responsible use of antibiotics
Patient motivation of periodontal therapy and home oral hygiene