Indexes

Learning Objectives: Oral Health Surveys and Oral Diseases

Measuring Oral Health and its Determinants in Populations

Common nonclinical measures

Clinical methods

DO NOT constitute a thorough clinical examination or for treatment plans

basic screenings

• direct observations

epidemiologic examination

• visual and tactile

surveys are cross sectional (single point in time)

Dental index

Types of Measurements

Measurements of dental caries:

coronal and root

Coronal dental caries

Coronal Dental Caries: DMFT

Coronal dental caries: BSS

Coronal Dental Caries: DMF + Children

Coronal Dental Caries: ECC + Children

Root surface caries

Future Directions for Assessing Dental Caries

Measurement of oral health treatment needs

Treatment categories

Measurement of dental sealants

Dental sealants: ASTDD

Measurement of periodontal disease

Clinical signs measured for PD disease

Oral Epidemiologic Exam Periodontal

Measurement of PD disease: Community Periodontal Index (CPI)

Partial Mouth Periodontal Measurements

Future Directions for assessing PD disease