BPE

Question 1

What are the sextants?

Answer 1

7-4, 3-3, 4-7 upper and lower

Question 2

What is a BPE and why is it good?

Answer 2

Screening tool for unrecognised Periodontal disease

It’s good as it is fast and cost effective

Internationally recognised and can be quickly communicated

Question 3

What are limitations of taking a BPE

Answer 3

Patient tolerance and discomfort

Only records pocket depth

Cannot be used for monitoring

Question 4

What happens if teeth are missing in a sextant?

Answer 4

If pone is missing, fine, if only one tooth in sextant then add it to the next and give an X for said sextant with no teeth

Question 5

What teeth are used for a BPE on a child? Which codes are used?

Answer 5

16, 11, 26, 36, 31, 46

Only codes 0-2 are used for children up to 11

Question 6

How to take a bpe?

Answer 6

Walking motion of probe with 20-25g force around pocket of each tooth buccal lay and lingually

Note worst score for sextant

Question 7

What is a code 0

Answer 7

Black band fully visible with no BOP or PRF

Question 8

What is a code 1 and its treatment

Answer 8

Pockets <3.5mm, BOP, no PRF

OHI and motivation, assess BOP for local or generalised

Question 9

Code 2? And treatment?

Answer 9

Pockets <3.5mm, ? BOP, PRF

Remove PRF, assess BOP if there is, plaque index scores, give OHI

Question 10

Code 3 and treatment?

Answer 10

Pockets >3.5mm but less than 5.5mm

?BOP ?PRF

Plaque and bleeding scores

OHI, remove PRF and assess BOP, alter modifiable risk factors, scaling and RSD, radiographs

6ppc after treatments and 3 months

Question 11

Code 4 and treatment?

Answer 11

Pockets >5.5mm

?BOP and ?PRF

FMPC and radiographs there

OHI and -PRF, change modifiable risk factors

Plaque and bleeding scores

Question 12

What probe is used for a bpe? Describe it

Answer 12

CPITN / WHO

band at 3.5-5.5mm and band at 8.5-11.5mm

Question 13

What probe is used for a 6ppc and describe it

Answer 13

PCP12 probe

3-6mm and 9-12mm