Assessing the periodontal treatment needs of a population

Ekanayaka, N. I.; Sheiham, Aubrey

doi:10.1111/j.1600-051x.1979.tb02194.x

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“…In 1967 Russell provided a refinement in the form of treatment needs based on the PI; i.e. PI scores in the range of 0.1–1.0 require simple prophylaxis, 0.5–1.9 require minimal periodontal treatment, 1.5–5.0 require elaborate and protracted treatment while 4.0–8.0 require full mouth extraction 7 . Since PI was the first of the periodontal indices, it was extensively used in the epidemiologic surveys of numerous populations, including the first two national surveys in the United States 8 .…”

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Indices for measuring periodontitis: a literature review

Dhingra¹,

Vandana

2011

International Dental Journal

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Indices are important tools to measure, quantify and treat periodontitis both in epidemiological and clinical situations and are based on the prevailing understanding of the pathogenesis of periodontal disease. However, there is dearth of literature on collective information of periodontal indices formulated to date. This article collectively describes the evolution and the present concept of formulation of periodontal indices based on the multi-factorial nature of periodontal disease and also provides some direction for future periodontal indices. Periodontal indices have evolved from the simple Russell's index to the current usage of measurement of clinical attachment level in the recording of indices. The use of dichotomous measurements and the Genetic Susceptibility Index are the new additions to the periodontal indices. Nevertheless, an ideal would be an index that will keep pace with the ever changing concept of the pathogenesis of periodontal disease.

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Indices for measuring periodontitis: a literature review

Dhingra¹,

Vandana

2011

International Dental Journal

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“…In the study to be reported, an attempt has been made to estimate the time and personnel required to carry out periodontai treatment on patients in a dental hospital and an industrial dental clinic. The relationship between a number of periodontal indices and the time taken for treatment has been reported (Ekanayaka 1976, Ekanayaka & Sheiham 1978.…”

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Estimating the time and personnel required to treat periodontal disease

Ekanayaka

Sheiham

1978

J Clinic Periodontology

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A study was undertaken to estimate the time taken to carry out the common periodontal treatments. Patients attending a university dental hospital were followed up until the end of their periodontal treatment. The average patient reqtuired 3.1 hours of treatment spread over 9.3 ± 3.9 visits. The largest proportion of the time was for doing scaling (39.3 %) ‐ that took 72.8 ± 41.0 minutes per patient. Patient education took 30.2 % of the time ‐ 55.9 ± 21.8 min per patient, examination 18.5 % (26.2 ± 17.3 min) and surgery 11.6 % (21.4 ± 46.3 min per patient). As the number of patients requiring surgery was small, timings of surgery were done on additional groups of patients. The 75 surgical procedures took 51.9 ± 29.7 min each ‐ an average of 14.3 ± 12 min per tooth. Most of the periodontal treatment was done by auxiliaries; they carried out 68.5 % of treatment (education, scahng and charting), whilst the dentists carried out the examinations and the surgery. The treatment of 60 patients at an industrial clinic was timed. Education took 8.0 ± 4,7 min and scaling and polish, 26.7 ± 16.1 min per patient. The examination time increased with increased severity of disease; patient education increased with increases in debris scores and periodontal scores; the scale and polish time increased with increasing debris, calculus and periodontal scores. The number of visits increased with increases in debris, calculus and periodontal scores. The results indicate that commonly used periodontal indices can be used to estimate treatment times and types of personnel required.

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Quantification of Gingival, Periodontal, and Oral Hygiene Status in Periodontal Research Environment

Dumitrescu

2012

Understanding Periodontal Research

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Assessing the periodontal treatment needs of a population

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References 27 publications

Indices for measuring periodontitis: a literature review

Indices for measuring periodontitis: a literature review

Estimating the time and personnel required to treat periodontal disease

Quantification of Gingival, Periodontal, and Oral Hygiene Status in Periodontal Research Environment

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