Question 466 · LDEK · Caries risk assessment and prevention
If the value of so-called efficiency treatment index is equal to 100%, it means that:
- A. none of the carious teeth has been filled.
- B. all carious teeth have been filled.
- C. all carious teeth have been extracted.
- D. the patient does not have any teeth (edentulous patient).
- E. the number of carious teeth (which have not been yet filled) equals the number of carious teeth that have been filled.
Hint
The index expresses filled teeth as a proportion of all teeth ever affected by caries (decayed plus filled).
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