Department of Community Dentistry

College of Dentistry/ University of Alfarahidi

Student's name: Firas Abd Al-Abbas Dali
Group: B4
Stage: 3rd

Calculus Surface Index:

Index Surfaces 42 41 31 32 Scoring for
person
Facial 0 1 1 0
Call Mesial-Lingual 1 1 1 1 12
Middle-Lingual 1 1 1 1
Distal-Lingual 0 1 1 0

Q/ Community Periodontal Index of Treatment Needs (CPITN)

3 x 2
4 0 1

Give the treatment need for each sextants of this person?

Sextant 1: Score 3 Oral hygiene and scaling will reduce inflammation and bring 4 or 5 mm pockets to
values of or below 3 mm. need of professional cleaning of the teeth and removal of plaque retentive
factors.
Sextant 2: Score X indicates that there is no need for treatment.
Sextant 3: Score 2 needs of professional cleaning of the teeth and removal of plaque retentive factors.
(Patient requires oral hygiene instructions).
Sextant 1: Score 4 treated successfully by means of deep scaling and efficient personal oral hygiene
measures. Is therefore assigned as complex treatment which can involve deep scaling, root planning
and more complex procedures.
Sextant 2: Score 0 indicates that there is no need for treatment.
Sextant 3: Score 1 indicates that there is need for improving the personal oral hygiene of that
individual.

Q/ Explain the difference between Community Periodontal Index of Treatment Needs

(CPITN) & Community Periodontal Index (CPI)
The modification is done by the inclusion of measurement of "Loss of attachment" and elimination of
the "Treatment Needs" category.