The aim of this study was to analyse the residual periodontal attachment in teeth extracted by East German dentists in order to determine a possible 'forceps level'.
Department of Operative Dentistry, Periodontology and Pediatric Dentistry, Ernst Moritz Arndt University, Rotgerberstr. 8, D-17487 Greifswald/Germany. Splieth@uni-griefswald.de