[ effect of Aspirin on bleeding on probing in patients with gingivitis]

ABSTRACT

Statement of Problems Bleeding on probing is widely used for diagnosis and screening of periodontal diseases, evaluation of treatment outcome, and determination of the development of the disease. The presence of bleeding on probing [BOP] is considered as the sign of gingival inflammation, and lack of bleeding is the sign of the gingival health. Aspirin has been suggested as an effective factor on increasing the amount of BOP that may result in inappropriate clinical diagnosis