INDICES

Question 1

Index created by H. Klein, J.W. Knutson and C. Palmer

Answer 1

DMFT

Question 2

Index created by Greene & Vermillion

Answer 2

OHI-S (Oral Hygiene Index-Simplified)

Question 3

Index created by Podshadely & Haley

Answer 3

PHP-M (Personal Hygiene Performance Index-Modified)

Question 4

Indices created by Loe & Sillness

Answer 4

Gingival Index & Plaque Index

Question 5

Index created by Russel

Answer 5

Periodontal Index

Question 6

Index created by Cutress & Ainamo

Answer 6

CPITN (Community Periodontal Index of Treatment Needs)

Question 7

Index that measures gingival bleeding only

Answer 7

NIDR-GI (National Institute of Dnetal Research - GI)

Question 8

Is DMFT an irreversible or reversible index?

Answer 8

Irreversible

Question 9

Is OHI-S an irreversible or reversible index?

Answer 9

Reversible

Question 10

Is the GI an irreversible or reversible index?

Answer 10

Reversible

Question 11

Is the PI an irreversible or reversible index?

Answer 11

Reversible

Question 12

Is the Plaque Index and irreversible or reversible index?

Answer 12

Reversible

Question 13

The most widely used Index that is used only on Permanent teeth

Answer 13

DMFT

Question 14

An index that measures 5 zones of facial and lingual tooth surfaces

Answer 14

PHP-M

Question 15

An index that measures plaque & calculus on 6 surfaces of 6 teeth

Answer 15

OHI-S

Question 16

Components of an OHI-S

Answer 16

Debris Index & Calculus Index

Question 17

Index that identities 2 levels of Gingivitis and Periodontitis

Answer 17

Periodontal index (PI)

Question 18

Index developed to be used with the Gingival index

Answer 18

Plaque index

Question 19

Index used to estimate dental services needed by the population

Answer 19

CPITN

Question 20

Indices that were developed in an attempt to provide a standardized method of measuring periodontal disease among groups of people and criticized because they combine gingivitis and periodontitis into the common score

Answer 20

PI & PDI

Question 21

Index that determines total dental caries experience past and present

Answer 21

DMFT

Question 22

Index that measures gingivitis, loss of epithelial attachment and alveolar bone lsos

Answer 22

Periodontal index

Question 23

Index that measures gingival inflammation and bleeding

Answer 23

Gingival index

Question 24

Index measures the area of plaque covering the CLINICAL CROWN

Answer 24

Plaque Index