What does PI stand for?

Plaque Index (oral hygiene)

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They scored colour reaction on the basis of a colour chart, and those scores were compared with scores from traditional clinical evaluation methods, such as plaque index, gingival index, attachment levels and bleeding on probing.

Colour-changing oral strip may revolutionise gum disease diagnosis

A baseline examination was performed in which the Silness and Loe Plaque Index (PI), the Muhlemann and Son Sulcus Bleeding Index (SBI), and the amount of gingival crevicular fluid (GCF) were recorded using the Periotron 6,000 on teeth 16, 12, 24, 36, 32, and 44.

Effects of SCN-/H2O2 combinations in dentifrices on plaque and ...

8) Commonly used variables include alveolar bone height, number of missing teeth, oral hygiene, clinical attachment level (CAL), probing pocket depth, gingival recession, tooth mobility, bleeding on probing (BOP), plaque index (PI), and the amount and location of calculus.

Tobacco use as a risk indicator for periodontal disease in a sample ...

In addition, higher plaque index was also related to higher positivity rates for H.

Oral colonization of Helicobacter pylori: risk factors and response ...

Oral tissues, gingivitis (Modified Gingival Index [MGI]), and plaque (Turesky Modification of the Quigley-Hein Plaque Index [PI] scored on 6 surfaces) examinations took place at baseline and after 15 and 30 days of use.

Abstracts from the 85th General Session of the IADR: March 21-24, ...

The primary efficacy variables were the mean Modified Gingival Index (MGI) and mean Plaque Index (PI) scores at six months post-treatment analyzed using ANCOVA.

84th General Session & exhibition of the IADR: 1st Meeting of the ...

Subjects were assessed for gingivitis and ingival bleeding by the Gingival Index (GI) of Loe and Silness and plaque by the Silness and Loe Plaque Index (PI) at baseline and after 3 and 6 months of product use.

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57) The chlorhexidine gel lowered the mean plaque index scores compared with placebo and mechanical oral hygiene, but this was noticeable only for the first four weeks, after which the scores rose to the levels of the controls.

A review of the different methods of applying chlorhexidine in the ...