Indices to Assess Tooth Mobility-A Review.
Journal Title: International Journal of Dental Science and Innovative Research (IJDSIR) - Year 2019, Vol 2, Issue 2
Abstract
There has been an effort by the dental profession working in the field of gingival and periodontal disease to find a method of recording the extent and degree of pathological change in tissues leading from gingivitis to periodontitis and to measure reversible as well as irreversible changes. Indices are an important tool to measure, quantify and treat mobile tooth in both epidemiological and clinical situations. The index required should have the following criteria: (1) Simplicity, (2) Accuracy, (3) Quantitativeness, (4) Reproducibility, (5) Speed, (6) Objectivity, and (7) Amenability to statistical analysis. Indices must also give data that make it possible to verify the nature, severity and etiology of the disease process and to evaluate therapeutic measures. It gives information about the success or failure of control and prevention of disease, affecting the gingivae and the periodontal tissues. However, there is dearth of literature on collective information of tooth mobility indices formulated. This article collectively describes the evolution and the present concept that have been formulated to assess tooth mobility.
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Dr. Shalakha Maniyar
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