The aim of this study was to discover the periodontal index needs in the population of Saifi District in South Sorong Region, West Papua Province. Based on the WHO, 30 % of south East Asian region has a score of 3 on CPITN. Around 25, 9 % of the Indonesian population have oral and dental diseases, A total of 31, 1 % were treated and 68, 9 % still require treatment, almost 20, 6 % of West Papuan population also have oral and dental complaints as well. A total of 91 patients came to Puskesmas (Health Centre) Saifi, were examined. Patients were drawn from the age groups of 15 -19 years old and 20 years and above, patients have also been drawn into male and female groups. The assessment was done using a WHO periodontal probe to examine each of the six sextants (17-16, 11, 26-27, 36-37, 31, 46-47). This study found that 57, 1 % of the District population scored 3, while 38, 5 % scored 2 and 4, 4 % scored 1 on Community Periodontal Index scoring criteria. Using Wilcoxon Sign Rank test, the p value = 0.000 was obtained (p<0, 05), which indicated that both age and sex were significant towards periodontal treatment needs. It showed that most of the population needs periodontal treatment, also age and sex were a contributing factor to periodontal treatment needs on people in Saifi District.