Indices for Periodontal Health And Disease Condition

Dental index or indices are used to find out the incidence, prevalence and severity of the disease based on which preventive program can be implicated.Periodontitis is the inflammation of the periodontium that is accompanied by apical migration of the junctional epithelium, leading to destruction of the connective tissue attachment and alveolar bone loss.This book will provide an insight to their evolution along with the present concept of formulation of periodontal indices based on the multi-factorial nature of periodontal disease and also some direction for future periodontal indices.