Gingival Description and Plaque and Gingival Indices

Question 1

How do you calculate recession?

Answer 1

use the probe from the CEJ to the FGM.

Question 2

gingival pocket and psuedo pocket

Answer 2

are kinda of the same

Question 3

How do you calculate CAL?

Answer 3

distance from the CEJ to the JE

Question 4

visual descriptors of gingiva

Answer 4

texture, contour, consistency, color, location, extent, and severity

Question 5

What does extent in healthy gingival description mean?

Answer 5

Generalized >30% of teeth

Localized <30% of teeth

Question 6

What is the texture of healthy gingiva look like?

Answer 6

Normal Stippled

Question 7

What is the contour of the margins of healthy gingiva?

Answer 7

Margin- fits snugly around the tooth with a knife like edge

Question 8

What is the contour of the papilla of healthy gingiva?

Answer 8

Papilla- flat, pointed, fills the embrasure space

Question 9

What it the color of a healthy gingival description?

Answer 9

Uniform pink, coral pink,

Pigmented

Question 10

What is the consistency of a healthy gingival description?

Answer 10

Firm; resilient under compression

Question 11

What is the severity levels of gingival disease?

Answer 11

Mild: Slight color change with slight edema

Moderate: Redness AND edema

Severe: Diffuse redness, edema, ulceration AND extends into the attached gingiva

Question 12

What is the texture of diseased gingiva?

Answer 12

Loss of stippling, shiny/smooth, fibrotic or nodular

Question 13

What is the color of diseased gingiva?

Answer 13

Bright red, dark red, cyanotic

Question 14

What is the contour of diseased gingiva?

Answer 14

Rolled/thickened/enlarged margin and/or bulbous/cratered/blunted or missing papilla

Question 15

What is the consistency of diseased gingiva?

Answer 15

Soft, spongy