Includes the removal of plaque, stain and calculus from tooth structures...thereby preventing disease initiation.
What is D1110 Adult Prophylaxis?
Data collection, immediate needs met (ER, EXT's, Etc), also referred to as "emergency therapy"
What is Phase 0- Assessment and Preliminary Therapy?
Can occur immediately when the site is probed or be delayed; excessive force may cause bleeding (ideal pressure is 10-20g)
What is bleeding on probing (BOP)?
The palpable or visible movement of a tooth when in function; can be assessed with a gloved finger placed on tooth while the patient either taps or simulates chewing
What is Fremitus?
Performing a comprehensive periodontal evaluation
What is to assess?
Involves the therapeutic treatment of 4 or more periodontally involved teeth per quadrant...
What is D4341 Scaling and Root Planing Generalized per Quadrant?
All nonsurgical measures used to control gingivitis and perio including instrumentation and OHI; also called 'bacterial control and anti-infective therapy"
What is Phase I Nonsurgical Periodontal Therapy (NSPT)?
Also called suppuration or pus (dead white blood cells), ONLY occurs in infection, easiest to detect by tissue manipulation
What is presence of exudate?
Occurs on multi-rooted teeth when periodontal infection invades the bone around the roots; detected with blunt-ended, curved probes
What is Furcation Involvement?
Arriving at periodontal diagnosis or diagnoses
What is to diagnose?
Involves therapeutic treatment of 1 to 3 periodontally involved teeth per quadrant...
What is D4342 Scaling and Root Planing Localized per Quadrant?
Periodontal surgery, placement of implants, & root canal therapy
What is Phase II Surgical Therapy?
Measurement from the free gingival margin to the base of the pocket; depths are recorded for six sites on each tooth.
What is presence of calculus deposits?
Establishing a master plan for periodontal therapy
What is a plan?
Follows the completion of active therapy to treat periodontal infection for the lifetime of the dentition...may also include site specific scaling and root planing for areas of localized disease recurrence.
Splinting teeth, restorations, replacement of missing teeth by fixed or removable prostheses
What is Phase III Restorative Therapy?
What is the Level of the Free Gingival Margin?
A recording of the overt signs of inflammation; erythema, edema, and changes in color and contour
What is a gingival description (GD)?
Performing the periodontal therapy by the members of the team
What is to implement?
The removal of plaque, calculus and stains from supra- and sub-gingival tooth surfaces when there is generalized moderate or severe gingival inflammation in the absence of periodontitis
What is D4346 Scaling in the presence of generalized moderate, or severe gingival inflammation – full mouth, after oral evaluation?
What is Phase IV Periodontal Maintenance
Movement of a tooth in either a horizontal or vertical direction
What is tooth mobility?
Estimate of the periodontal support around the tooth as measured with a periodontal probe; loss of attachment is a critical factor in distinguishing between gingivitis and periodontitis
What is Clinical Attachment Level (CAL)?
What is to evaluate?