View Perio Graphical Chart screen. View Video, 18 min. 2 Sec.

Perio Exam Averages (Single Exam) - view sample
The single exam version of the Perio Exam Averages screen displays averages for all perio categories in three ways. First, it shows averages for all 32 teeth. For categories such as Pocket Depth, which takes six measurements per tooth, the number you see on this screen will be the average of those six measurements. Averages by sextant are also displayed. On the upper this is teeth 1 through 5, 6 through 11, and 12 through 16. On the lower it is teeth 17 through 21, 22 through 27 and 28 through 32. The averages shown in this section are for the sextant as a whole. The last category of averages is for the entire Maxillary dentition and the entire Mandibular dentition. Blank or “Not Observed” categories are not calculated into these averages.

Perio Exam Averages (Multiple Exams) - view sample
The multiple exam version of the Perio Exam Averages screen displays averages in the same format as the single version; per tooth, per sextant, and per arch. However, any number of exams are compared and only one perio category is compared at a time. You can select the perio category you wish to compare with the drop down list in the lower left of the screen.

Default Values for New Exams
When you create a new perio exam, the default is for all the cells of the grid to be blank. “Blank” means “Not Observed” to the perio chart. You have the option of setting your own new exam defaults by using the Perio Data Entry Default Values screen. To access this form click the Set Exam Default Values button under the Options tab.

To illustrate the potential advantage of setting your own default values, consider this example about the Bleeding category. When you create a new exam, all the Bleeding cells are created as blank. That is 6 cells per tooth times 32 teeth or 192 blank Bleeding cells. If a patient has no bleeding and you want the perio chart to register that you did look at the bleeding status, you would have to change 192 cells from blank (not observed) to “No Bleeding Present” which is represented by an empty circle “O”. Now you could simply mark the areas that are bleeding and leave the remaining cells as blank, but technically that means that you simply did not look at those areas of the mouth. If you want the chart to reflect the true status, that is, that no bleeding was present except where marked, then you would need to change all those cells. If you prefer, you could set your default value for Bleeding to “No Bleeding Present”. In that case, when a new exam is created, all cells will be marked with “O”. Therefore, all that is needed is to mark the cells where bleeding does exist with its symbol, a red circle. This gives heightened significance to Blanks, which truly will indicate “Not Observed”. All perio categories can be set with your own customized default settings.