COMPUTERIZED EXPLORATION
The best diagnosis technology is at your service at Clinica Sicilia.

Modern periodontics is based on an effective monitoring of periodontal disease activity during repeated patient examinations. The most reliable method to detect the areas of periodontal activity is to compare consecutive precision measurements (PROBING). To reach this objective the University of Florida has developed a computerized periodontal probing system called the Florida Probe.

Clínica Sicilia , as part of its commitment to using the most advanced technology to attend to our patients, introduced the concept of the Florida Probe in 2005. Once it is fully underway and has been used with more than 300 patients, as of 2006 it will be applied as our precision system of computerized periodontal monitoring.

Its introduction as the usual protocol in our clinic has involved a large investment, the development of our own technology in Asturias (a mobile unit with energy autonomy and wireless connection) and many hours of training for our clinical team. Thanks to all this we can now, in 2006, use this advanced technique as our usual periodontal diagnosis tool for patients who follow our Periodontal Preventive Treatment programme.

Advantages for patients:
1.- Greater precision in the exploration (the probe uses a constant pressure of 20 grs.).
2.- Less possibility of human error in the recording of data.
3.- Reduced pollution, since it is not necessary to simultaneously note down the data obtained in the exploration.
4.- Greater analytical exactness.
5.- Better presentation of results to the patient: the patient receives a complete periodontogram with the entire analysis of the indices of gingival bleeding and plaque, along with diagrams indicating the areas where hygiene improvements must be made.

Diagnosis of Periodontal Activity and the Prevention of Relapses:
The system’s software indicates to us, once the patient’s clinical record has been entered and a previous exploration has been performed, the possible areas of activity. It does so by marking with an arrow the zones that have experienced changes in the probing depth that are greater than 2 mm between the two explorations. De esta manera el Dr. In this way Dr Eduardo Ruiz Serrano, the head of the Periodontal Preventive Treatment section at our centre, can make a better diagnostic of the periodontal activity, indicating to the hygienist the areas at greatest risk. It is also possible to detect relapses earlier.

Your health is our priority.