Impact of Partial‐Mouth Periodontal Examination Protocols on the Association Between Gingival Bleeding and Oral Health–Related Quality of Life in Adolescents

Abstract

Using PMPE to assess GB in adolescents significantly affects associations with OHRQoL outcomes, depending on the protocol used. PMPEs that evaluated MB-B-DL sites of randomly selected half-mouth quadrants (1 or 2 and 3 or 4) achieved results closer to those obtained with FME.