Percussion is a basic oral clinical examination, there are two ways of horizontal percussion and vertical percussion, generally used to check the apical area lesions and periodontal lesions.
Horizontal percussion, mainly to check the periodontal condition of the affected teeth, the response is divided into no feeling, light percussion and heavy pain and heavy percussion and light pain, the stronger the patient’s response, indicating that the periodontal lesions are more serious. Vertical percussion is mainly to check the apical condition of the affected teeth, and its response is divided into no feeling, light percussion and heavy pain and heavy percussion and light pain, and the stronger the patient’s response, the more serious the periapical lesion.
It is recommended that patients go to the hospital for specialized examination with professional instruments in order to better determine the cause of the disease and carry out specialized treatment.