Perio Ch 19

Front 1

clinical periodontal assessment

Back 1

fact-gathering process designed to provide a comprehensive pictire of the patients perio health status.

Front 2

legal responsibility

Back 2

the dentist has the legal responsilibilty for all the disgnosis & tx planning that occurs in the office.

Front 3

treatment outcome

Back 3

documented info to measure & moniter the pts perio health status over time.

Front 4

baseline data

Back 4

clinical info gathered prior to perio therapy that can be used for comparison to clinical info gathered at subsequent appts.

Front 5

periodontal screening examination

Back 5

perio assessment used to determine perio health status of the pt. and decide if they need a more thorough exam.

Front 6

periodontal screening & recording (PSR)

Back 6

efficient, easy to use screening system for the ditection of perio disease.

Front 7

world health organization (WHO) probe

Back 7

used for easy perio screening.

Front 8

color coded reference mark

Back 8

used when performing PSR probing.

Front 9

PSR code

Back 9

assigned to each sextent according to the criteria shown in table...

Front 10

comprehensive periodontal assessment

Back 10

intensive clinical perio eval used to gather info about the periodontium.

Front 11

exudate

Back 11

referred to as suppuration;

pus that can be expressed from the periodontal pocket.

Front 12

recession of the gingival margin

Back 12

location of the gingival margin apical to the CEJ resulting in the exposure of a portion of the root

Front 13

miller class 1 defect

Back 13

recession on the facial surface. interprox papilla not affected. doesnt exeed mucogingival line.

Front 14

miller class 2 defect

Back 14

recession facial only. interprox papilla not affected. extends BEYOND mucogingival line.

Front 15

miller class 3 defect

Back 15

broad recession with interprox papilla missing due to damage from disease. extends BEYOND mucogingival line

Front 16

miller clas 4 defect

Back 16

recession shows loss of hard (bone) and soft tissues around the entire tooth with open interdental areas.

Front 17

horizontal tooth mobility

Back 17

tooth movement facial to lingual directions.

Front 18

vertical tooth mobility

Back 18

ability to depress tooth into the socket

Front 19

fremitus

Back 19

palpable or visible movement of tooth when in function.

Front 20

rating furcation involvement

Back 20

Front 21

gingival crevicular fluid

Back 21

fluid that flows from the sulcus from adjacent gingival cooective tissue.

flow is slight in health & increases in presence of inflammatory disease.

Front 22

attached gingiva

Back 22

part of gingiva that is firm, dense & tightly connected to the cementum on cervical-third pf root or to the periosteum of alveolar bone.

Front 23

clinical attachment loss (CAL)

Back 23

estimate of the true perio support around the tooth as measured with the perio probe.