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Developing A Periodontal Screening Examination, Jeffrey R. Morgulis
Developing A Periodontal Screening Examination, Jeffrey R. Morgulis
Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects
Periodontal disease is the primary cause of tooth loss in the adult, and therefore, early diagnosis of periodontal disease by the general practitioner is important in terms of prevention as well as treatment. The present study was designed to develop a periodontal screening examination which would fulfill the following requirements:
- It should utilize precise and easily understood criteria.
- It should take a short period of time.
- It should enable the practitioner to accurately place patients into various disease categories.
- It should enable the practitioner to easily and quickly relate these disease categories to treatment.
A "comprehensive" periodontal examination was performed …