The oral hygiene index: a method for classifying oral hygiene status

Greene, John C.; Vermillion, Jack R.

doi:10.14219/jada.archive.1960.0177

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“…The other variables noted were the average number of teeth, a basic periodontal examination (BPE), 11 gingival bleeding as measured by the Marginal Bleeding Index (MBI) 12 and the presence of plaque (PI) measured by the Oral Hygiene Index, 13 gender, age and postcode (in order to obtain deprivation category as proposed by Carstairs and Morris). 14 These clinical variables are summarised in Table 1.…”

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Incidence of symptoms in previously symptom-free impacted lower third molars assessed in general dental practice

et al. 2009

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million per annum 1 and around £22 million to the private sector. 2 The enormous number of teeth removed in the UK prompted researchers to assess the type of practice conducted here and in 1998 a study had estimated that around 20-30% of third molars that were removed in the UK did not fulfi l the American National Institutes of Health criteria for removal and were, therefore, removed prophylactically. 3 This was followed by the publication of guidelines by the NICE 4 and SIGN 5 on the management of impacted lower third molars and, possibly as a result, the number of impacted wisdom teeth removed in the UK started to fall. In addition, it is believed that changes in the legislation on the prescription of general anaesthesia have also resulted

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Incidence of symptoms in previously symptom-free impacted lower third molars assessed in general dental practice

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“…The oral hygiene status (calculus and plaque accumulation) was scored according to Greene and Vermillion's oral hygiene index (OHI). 26 Plaque observation was facilitated by the use of a commercially available disclosing solution. The periodontal examination utilized six selected teeth (17,21,24, 37, 41, 44) suggested by Lilienthal et al 27 A standardized probe ‡ was used for measuring the probing pocket depth (PPD) of six surfaces (mesiobuccal, midbuccal, distobuccal, mesiolingual, m i d buccal, and distolingual) of each tooth.…”

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Comparison of health behaviour and oral/medical conditions in non‐insulin‐dependent (type II) diabetics and non‐diabetics

Kawamura

Fukuda²,

Kawabata

et al. 1998

Australian Dental Journal

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One hundred and two dentate patients with type II diabetes mellitus and 98 non-diabetic subjects were examined for oral conditions and metabolic state. Self-reported health behaviour was analysed. From factor analysis four factors emerged: general health behaviour (GHB), perceived fatigue (PF), diet control (DC) and regular diet (RD). In diabetics PF, DC and RD were significantly higher than that in non-diabetics. Patients with diabetes were more likely to control their disease through a programme of decreased kilojoule intake leading to weight management. However, they tended to tire. The mean gingivitis index was significantly higher (p<0.01) among diabetics (2.39) than among nondiabetics (1.99). The number of missing teeth was significantly higher (p<0.01) for diabetics (6.7) when compared with non-diabetics (4.3). On the other hand, aetiological factors (plaque, calculus) and the level of dental health behaviour as expressed in the HU-DBI scores were similar. Probing pocket depth did not differ statistically between groups. The increasing number of missing teeth in diabetics may primarily result from severe periodontitis with tooth mobility or deep pockets. Findings in this study suggest that the difference in the severity of periodontitis between diabetics and non-diabetics was significant although aetiological factors and the level of dental health behaviour were similar.

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“…Papillary-marginal-alveolar index (PMA) [9] in the modification of Parma (1960) [10] was used to diagnose gingivitis; Green-Vermillion index [11] was used to evaluate oral hygiene status.…”

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Local immune disbalance correction of the oral cavity as a part of chronic catarrhal gingivitis complex treatment in children

Ippolitov¹,

Гарькавец²,

Rusanova³

et al. 2017

Russ. Open Med. J.

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Abstract:Background -Periodontal diseases in adolescents are considered to be of current interest, since the incidence of these conditions tends to increase. Children being in the period of intensive growth are especially exposed to these conditions. Recent studies of molecular morphological disorders occurring in children with chronic catarrhal gingivitis indicate the need of immunocorrectors application in the complex treatment of patients with these disorders, that helps improve both periodontal tissue status and general health. Material and Methods -157 children aged 12-15 years were examined. Physical examination of a child included past medical history findings and oral cavity examination. Russian Medical Association (RMA) index was used to diagnose gingivitis; Green-Vermillion index was used to evaluate oral hygiene status. Results -Changes in the general health of adolescents suffering from periodontal diseases are reported to give evidence of host defense mechanism decrease. Therefore, the treatment is stated to obligatory affect both -the inflammatory process itself and the entire immunity increase. In that case, immunocorrectors application, namely "Imudon", is regarded to be the most reasonable measure. "Imudon" is known to affect the recovery of the regular residential flora in the human oral cavity and has the anti-inflammatory effect as well. "Imudon" application leads to reduction of mucus periodontal pathogens amount. Dissolving in the oral cavity these tablets activate host defense mechanism. Due to excipients active components of this medication remain in the oral cavity for a long-term period. Conclusion -There was established the correspondence between blood plasma immunological indication changes in children with chronic catarrhal gingivitis receiving "Imudon" therapy before and after treatment.

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The oral hygiene index: a method for classifying oral hygiene status

Cited by 564 publications

References 11 publications

Incidence of symptoms in previously symptom-free impacted lower third molars assessed in general dental practice

Incidence of symptoms in previously symptom-free impacted lower third molars assessed in general dental practice

Comparison of health behaviour and oral/medical conditions in non‐insulin‐dependent (type II) diabetics and non‐diabetics

Local immune disbalance correction of the oral cavity as a part of chronic catarrhal gingivitis complex treatment in children

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