PMID- 3481626
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19880412
LR  - 20221020
IS  - 0020-6539 (Print)
IS  - 0020-6539 (Linking)
VI  - 37
IP  - 4
DP  - 1987 Dec
TI  - The community periodontal index of treatment needs (CPITN) procedure for 
      population groups and individuals.
PG  - 222-33
AB  - The FDI-WHO Joint Working Group 1 on periodontal diseases supports the use of the 
      CPITN as an epidemiological screening procedure for periodontal treatment needs 
      in populations and also, in a modified form for screening and monitoring of 
      individuals by dental practitioners. The advantages of the CPITN procedure have 
      become more evident following 7 years of development and field experience. This 
      report reviews the CPITN procedure and describes in detail the use of the method 
      for both purposes. Methods, clinical criteria and evaluation of the CPITN data 
      are discussed. The CPITN is primarily a screening procedure which requires 
      clinical assessment for the presence or absence of periodontal pockets, calculus 
      and gingival bleeding. Use of a special CPITN periodontal probe (or its 
      equivalent) is recommended. For epidemiological purposes in adult populations, 10 
      specified index teeth are examined; for persons under 20 years of age only six 
      index teeth are specified. In dental practice all teeth are examined and the 
      highest score for each sextant noted. Only 6 scores are recorded. Measures of 
      gingival recession, tooth mobility, intensity of inflammation, precise 
      identification of pocket depths or differentiation between supra- and subgingival 
      calculus are not included in the CPITN. Individuals are assigned to one of four 
      treatment need categories determined from their CPITN scores. Detailed 
      explanations are given for the evaluation of epidemiological data. Four 
      tabulations provide an insight into the overall pattern of prevalence, severity 
      and categories of treatment need. For health services planning, the data provide 
      a basis for estimating overall population needs in terms of treatment categories 
      and the clinical personnel required for periodontal care. In the clinical care 
      situation the procedure offers a simple screening method for determining the 
      level of intervention required and also a tool for the longitudinal monitoring of 
      disease changes. Used with commonsense and an understanding of periodontal 
      disease, the CPITN procedure provides the epidemiologist and the practitioner 
      with a practical means of assessing periodontal treatment needs.
FAU - Cutress, T W
AU  - Cutress TW
AD  - Dental Research Unit, Medical Research Council of New Zealand, Wellington.
FAU - Ainamo, J
AU  - Ainamo J
FAU - Sardo-Infirri, J
AU  - Sardo-Infirri J
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - England
TA  - Int Dent J
JT  - International dental journal
JID - 0374714
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aged
MH  - Dental Deposits/diagnosis
MH  - Dental Records
MH  - Gingival Hemorrhage/diagnosis
MH  - *Health Services Needs and Demand
MH  - *Health Services Research
MH  - Humans
MH  - Jaw, Edentulous, Partially
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Periodontal Diseases/*diagnosis/epidemiology
MH  - *Periodontal Index
MH  - Periodontal Pocket/diagnosis
MH  - Tooth
EDAT- 1987/12/01 00:00
MHDA- 1987/12/01 00:01
CRDT- 1987/12/01 00:00
PHST- 1987/12/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1987/12/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1987/12/01 00:00 [entrez]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Int Dent J. 1987 Dec;37(4):222-33.