Tip of the Month: How to Run the Caries Prevalence and Periodontal Index Report

Dentrix Enterprise offers many useful reports that can help improve  patient outcomes. One example is the data captured in the "Caries Prevalence and Periodontal Index Report". 

HINT: This report can be found from DXOne Reporting module | List | Caries Prevalence and Periodontal Index Report |

The report displays statistics for five age groups including:

• Age group 2-5 years is on the first page
• Age groups 6-14 years and 15-19 years are on the second page
• Age groups 35-44 years and 55 years and older are on the third page

DMFT, Dmft, DMFS & Dmfs describe the amount - the prevalence - of dental caries in an individual. DMFT, Dmft, DMFS & Dmfs are means to numerically express the caries prevalence and are obtained by calculating the number of

• Decayed (D)
• Missing (M) (m)
• Filled (F) (f)
• teeth (T) (t)
• surfaces (S) (s)

**The difference between a M | m or F | f is a permanent vs primary tooth**

The report displays an estimation illustrating how much the dentition until the day of examination has become affected by dental caries. It is either calculated for 28 (permanent) teeth, excluding 18, 28, 38 and 48 (the "wisdom" teeth) or for 32 teeth (The Third edition of "Oral Health Surveys - Basic methods", Geneva 1987, recommends 32 teeth). Thus:

• How many teeth have caries lesions (incipient caries not included)?
• How many teeth have been extracted?
• How many teeth have fillings or crowns?

The sum of the three figures forms the DMFT-value. For example: DMFT of 4-3-9=16 means that 4 teeth are decayed, 3 teeth are missing and 9 teeth have fillings. It also means that 12 teeth are intact.

**TIP**

The Dentrix Enterprise Caries Prevalence Report also provides the following useful measures:

• Caries Free
• Untreated Decay
• Using Tobacco
• Dental Fluorosis
• Sealants
• Mean # of Sealed Teeth
• Mean DMFT
• Perio Pockets
• Loss of Attachment
• Diabetes (Must have the condition code "15202" posted in the chart

NOTE: This particular report utilizes very specific ADA Codes for each age group: The below chart indicates which procedure codes are used to capture data on this particular report.

Age Group 2-5 - dmfs and dmft	D7111, D7140, D7210, D7220, D7230, D7240, D7241, D7250
Caries Condition All ages	15104, 15105, 15106, or 15107
Missing Teeth Condition All ages	15100 or 15101
Using Tobacco	15203
Dental Fluorosis	15200

Refer to the Dentrix Enterprise Reports Reference Guide for additional information.

Stay tuned to next month's blog post for additional Dentrix Enterprise Tips & Tricks!