Question 49 (part 2) · LDEK · Oral hygiene and diet
The Green and Vermillion’s simplified oral hygiene index (OHI-S) is used for assessing following surfaces:
- A. buccal/labial and palatal lingual of 6 reference teeth (16,11,26,36,31,46).
- B. buccal/labial lingual of 6 reference teeth (16,11,26,36,31,46).
- C. buccal of teeth 16,11,26, 31 and lingual 36,46.
- D. buccal of teeth 16,11,26, 31 and lingual 31,36,46.
- E. buccal of molars, palatal of tooth 11 and lingual of tooth 31.
Hint
OHI-S uses six index surfaces, one per tooth; consider which teeth are scored on a different side from all the others.
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