ROLES OF DENTAL HYGIENIST IN PUBLIC HEALTH
PLAQUE MEASURING INDICES
COMMUNITY DENTAL POTPOURRI
CARIES INDICES
CONCEPTS IN STATISTICS
100
provides patient care
what is clinician?
100
measures the thickness of dental biofilm, scored 0 to 3, at the gingival margin/cervical third only; used commonly with the gingival index
what is the PII plaque index?
100
determines the presence of gingival disease by probing the area, scored 0 to 4
what is the sulcus bleeding index (SBI)?
100
permanent teeth, but does not include third molars, congenitally unerupted, supernumerary teeth, or teeth removed or restored for reasons other than caries (cosmetics, ortho, etc)
what is DMFT/DMFS (decay, missing, filled teeth/surfaces)?
100
compares two different groups on some variable of interest
what are t-tests?
200
educates students and the community
what is educator?
200
most frequently used to evaluate gingivitis; examines color, consistency, and bleeding of gingiva
teeth are divided into 4 areas: disto-facial, facial, mesio-facial, and lingual and scored 0 to 3
what is the gingival index (GI)?
200
birth rate
what is natality rate?
200
primary teeth; for mixed dentition, record DMF and ________ indices separately-- do not add them!
what is deft/defs (decay, extraction needed, filled teeth/surfaces)?
200
compares three or more groups for statistical significance
what is ANOVA?
300
promotes changes through legislation and policy
what is advocate?
300
measures the percentage of teeth with supragingival calculus, the entire dentition is assessed and plaque is disclosed
what is the plaque control record (PCR)?
300
measures pockets, bleeding, and dental biofilm retention factors with a special probe that has a black band between 3.5-5.5 mm and a ball tip
what is the community periodontal index of treatment needs (CPTIN)?
300
evaluates the risk and extent of of root caries (with gingival recession)
what is the root caries index (RCI)?
300
measures the difference between two or more qualitative data
what is the chi-squre test?
400
communicates scientific findings
what is researcher?
400
measures the presence of plaque and debris on tooth surfaces with the use of disclosing solution; six teeth divided into five sections are scored 0 to 5, added, then divided by the total # of teeth
what is the personal hygiene performance index - modified (PHP-M)?
400
determines the presence of gingival disease by assessing bleeding; insert string floss into the interproximal areas and observe the presence of bleeding after 30 seconds
scored as 0 or 1: absence vs. presence
what is the gingival bleeding index (GBI)?
400
presence of 1 or more decay surfaces in a child younger than 6 years old
what is the early childhood caries (ECC) index?
400
measures results that occurred by chance during an experiment
less than 0.5 = significant
greater than 0.5 = insignificant
= 0.5 occurred by chance
what is the p-value?
500
manages oral health programs
what is administrator?
500
measures the presence of plaque and other debris on tooth surfaces; six teeth are selected and examiner only looks at buccal and lingual surfaces of the teeth
what is the oral hygiene index - simplified (OHI-S)?
500
host, environment, agent, and web of causation
what is the triangle of epidemiology?
500
presence of decay in a child younger than 3 years old
what is the severe-early childhood caries (S-ECC) index?
500
how much scores deviate from the mean, positive square root of variance
the bigger the _______, the wider the range!
what is the standard deviation?