How Intraday Index Changes Influence Periodontal Assessment: A Preliminary Study

Table 1

Systemic and specific inclusion criteria.

Systemic criteria	Absence of relevant medical conditions (subjects with a clear medical history and no physical or psychological condition, psychotic disorders, personality disorders, which could affect their conduct in the study).
	Smoking status: nonsmokers or smokers up to 20 cigarettes a day (cigar or pipe smokers or people with a story of alcohol and drug abuse were excluded).
	Education: only patients having almost completed at least compulsory education.
	Pregnant, lactating, and underage patients were excluded.
Local criteria	Subjects having more than 16 teeth, not wearing removable partial dentures, not showing oral parafunctions, and not presenting severe skeletal and occlusal abnormalities or substantial oral dysmorphism were enrolled.
	Oral and periodontal conditions: absence of premalignant lesion of the oral cavity.
	Treatment history: subjects who received scaling root planning, or periodontal surgical treatment in the preceding 6 months, or undergoing recent orthodontic or prosthetic therapy were excluded.
	Level of infection: subjects presenting with severe cariogenicity, stomatitis, acute abscesses, or gingival fistulae were excluded.