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    The Silness-Löe plaque index is used to measure oral hygiene by assessing plaque on teeth. Each of the four tooth surfaces (buccal, lingual, mesial, distal) is given a score from 0-3 based on the amount of plaque present. The scores for each tooth are averaged to calculate a plaque index for that tooth between 0-3, with higher numbers indicating more plaque. An example calculation is provided. To determine an overall patient index, the indices for six standard teeth are averaged.

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    The Silness-Löe plaque index is used to measure oral hygiene by assessing plaque on teeth. Each of the four tooth surfaces (buccal, lingual, mesial, distal) is given a score from 0-3 based on the amount of plaque present. The scores for each tooth are averaged to calculate a plaque index for that tooth between 0-3, with higher numbers indicating more plaque. An example calculation is provided. To determine an overall patient index, the indices for six standard teeth are averaged.

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    The Silness-Löe plaque index is used to measure oral hygiene by assessing plaque on teeth. Each of the four tooth surfaces (buccal, lingual, mesial, distal) is given a score from 0-3 based on the amount of plaque present. The scores for each tooth are averaged to calculate a plaque index for that tooth between 0-3, with higher numbers indicating more plaque. An example calculation is provided. To determine an overall patient index, the indices for six standard teeth are averaged.

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    The Silness-Löe plaque index is used to measure oral hygiene by assessing plaque on teeth. Each of the four tooth surfaces (buccal, lingual, mesial, distal) is given a score from 0-3 based on the amount of plaque present. The scores for each tooth are averaged to calculate a plaque index for that tooth between 0-3, with higher numbers indicating more plaque. An example calculation is provided. To determine an overall patient index, the indices for six standard teeth are averaged.

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    Silness-Le Index

    - Silness-Le Index -
    (Silness and Le, 1964)

    Guest editor: Kaban Moslehzadeh

    The measurement of the state of oral hygiene by Silness-Le plaque index is based on
    recording both soft debris and mineralized deposits on the following teeth.

    Missing teeth are not substituted.

    Each of the four surfaces of the teeth (buccal, lingual, mesial and distal) is given a score from 0-
    3. The scores from the four areas of the tooth are added and divided by four in order to give the
    plaque index for the tooth with the following scores and criteria:

    The Plaque Index System

    Scores Criteria

    0 No plaque

    1 A film of plaque adhering to the free gingival margin and adjacent area
    of the tooth. The plaque may be seen in situ only after application of
    disclosing solution or by using the probe on the tooth surface.

    2 Moderate accumulation of soft deposit s within the gingival pocket, or


    the tooth and gingival margin which can be seen with the naked eye.

    3 Abundance of soft matter within the gingival pocket and/or on the tooth
    and gingival margin.

    CALCULATION EXAMPLE:

    The following example shows how to calculate the scores for the index.

    Assuming a tooth with the following scores on the four surfaces

    Surface Scores

    Buccal 2

    Lingual 1

    Mesial 1
    Distal 2

    Plaque Index = (2+1+1+2) / 4 = 1.5, according to the plaque index system this means the plaque
    index for the tooth is moderate accumulation of soft deposit within the gingival pocket, or the
    tooth and gingival margin which can be seen with the naked eye.

    The indices for the following six teeth may be grouped to designate the index for the group of
    teeth: 16, 12, 24, 36, 32, 44.

    The index for the patient is obtained by summing the indices for all six teeth and dividing by six.

    For instance, if you have the following indices for the teeth :

    Tooth Index

    Maxillary right first molar (16) 1.5

    Maxillary right lateral incisor (12) 1.3

    Maxillary left first bicuspid (24) 1.2

    Mandibular left first molar (36) 1

    Mandibular left lateral incisor (32) 1.6

    Mandibular right first bicuspid (44) 1.3

    Then the index for the patient will be

    The index for patient = (1.5 + 1.3 +1.2 + 1 + 1.6 + 1.3) / 6 = 1.4

    http://www.mah.se/CAPP/Methods-and-Indices/Oral-Hygiene-Indices/Silness-Loe-Index/

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