Creating a Perio Chart

To create a Perio Chart

1. Open the Perio tab in the Patients desktop.
2. Click the +1 button at the bottom of the Perio pane (centre left of the tab) to open the Add Perio Chart window:

   

3. Enter a title for the chart. Examples of common charts are:
   • Initial Examination: 1st Measurement
   • Periodic: Annual Examination
   • Recall: Maintenance
   • Re-evaluation: 2nd Measurement.
4. Follow the instructions on the screen to enter the correct values for:
   • Palatal Pocketing
   • Gum Recession and Mobility
   • Buccal Pocketing
   • Gum Recession.

   If you wish to chart a pocket greater than 9, select + followed by the number.
   For example, a pocket of 10mm would be recorded as +0 and a pocket of 12mm as +2; this number would appear as a blue digit on the chart.

   Example:

   

   Mark any areas of Furcation and the severity by clicking on the triangles marking the areas. Click once (Grade 1), twice (Grade 2), or three times (Grade 3) .

   Mark any areas of Suppuration by selecting either the Pocketing or Recession number at that location and pressing the S key on the keyboard.

   Mark any areas of Bleeding similarly by selecting the location and pressing the B key .

   To enter an overgrowth value, press the Minus key followed the number e.g. –3 to show an overgrowth of 3mm.

5. Populated Upper tab example:

   

6. Select the Lower tab and repeat the process. Populated example:

   

7. Select the Plaque/Bleeding tab and use the mouse to mark the facets of the teeth with Plaque or Bleeding. Populated example:

   

8. Click OK to save the chart, which will now be listed in the top left pane of the Perio tab, and displayed to the right:

   

To edit a Perio chart

Select the chart in the Perio tab, click the Edit button , then change as described above.