Quiz Flashcards
Severe inflammation; marked redness and edema, ulceration and/or tendency to
spontaneous bleed
GI 3 Severe inflammation
Redness, edema, and glazing and/or bleeding on probing
GI 2 Moderate Inflammation
Slight color change, slight edema. NO bleeding upon probing
GI 1 Mild Inflammation
Tissue appears pink and health with NO bleeding upon probing
GI 0 Normal gingiva
Total number of teeth added together/ Total number of teeth present X4 = Not a percentage
Gingival Index
Total number of P’s on chart / Total number of teeth present x 6 = x 100 =
Plaque index
Red
Bluish
Is pink, fibrotic
Inflammed color
Uniformly pale pink with or without generalized dark brown pigmentation
Healthy color
Is soft and spongy
Easily dents when pressed with a probe
Inflammed consistency
Exhibits < equal to 10 percent bleeding sites
Healthy bleeding
Exhibits > equal to 10 percent bleeding sites
Inflammed bleeding
Free gingiva is smooth
attached gingiva is stippled
Healthy surface texture
Is firm and resilent
Healthy consistency
Loss of stippling occurs; is shiny
Is fibrotic with stippling; is nodular and hyperkeratotic
Inflammed contour
Free marginal gingiva is near the CEJ and closely adheres to the tooth
Healthy size
Is enlarged from excess extracellular fluid in the tissues or fibrotic form the formation of scar tissue within the connective tissue
Free marginal gingiva may be highly retractable with air
Inflammed size
Depth 1-3mm
No apical migration
CAL may be present
Health Probe depth
Depth 4mm with apical migration of gingiva
Inflammed Probe depth
