Periodontal Pocket
Dentstudy Editorial Team1 min read
Updated 14 Aug 2026
TOPIC: PERIODONTAL POCKET
📌 POINTS TO PONDER
🔹Periodontal pocket is pathologically deepened gingival sulcus.
🔹Periodontal pocket is a soft-tissue change, thus can not be detected during radiographic examination.
🔹Biologic/histologic depth is the distance between the gingival margin and base of the pocket (coronal end of the junctional epithelium).
🔹 Clinical/probing depth is the distance between the gingival margins to the base of the probeable crevice up to which probe penetrates into the pocket.
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