Creating a Perio Grid

NOTE:
From EXACT v12.6 onwards an icon on the patient file toolbar displays the highest BPE score for the patient, and flashes when the BPE is overdue.
The period for defining "overdue" is set in Configure > Patient File.
See BPE button for details.

To create a Perio Grid

  1. Open the BPE window from the patient file toolbar or from the Perio tab:

    Sextants

    The dentition is divided into sextants (6):

     

    Upper right (17 to 14)

    Upper anterior (13 to 23)

    Upper left (24 to 27)

     

    Lower right (47 to 44)

    Lower anterior (43 to 33)

    Lower left (34 to 37)

    These are represented in the screen as follows:

    PerioGrid-Upgraded

    Blank is the default (not recorded). X is edentulous.

     

    Bleeding

    Tick the boxes to indicate whether bleeding is occurring in the relevant quadrant.

    This is not a requirement but has proved useful to dentists.

     

    BPE Grid

    Click to select a quadrant, or move around the quadrants clockwise by pressing the tab key as indicated in the above image. The default first BPE grid entry is the top left.

    Either type a value or select from the drop downs for each quadrant.

    For typing, only correct characters can be entered. If you type an invalid character, the field is immediately blanked. Valid characters are as for the drop down values: blank, 0,1,2,3,4,*, and X

    Blank is the default (not recorded), and X is edentulous.

     

    Notes

    Free text box (notes are optional).

  2. Examine each sextant and award a value:

  3. Enter the patient’s Grid numbers and add any notes.
  4. Click OK to save the Perio Grid.

    You will see it listed at left:

    BPE-listed

    You can edit this by selecting it and then clicking the Edit button .

To edit Perio Grids

From the Perio grid:

Select the Perio Grid from the Perio tab as described above, click the Edit button to re-display the BPE screen, then make and save the changes as described above.

From the patient file toolbar:

Click the icon in the patient file toolbar to open the BPE window, then simply edit the values and click OK.

See also...

Perio Tab

Creating a Perio Chart

DMF (BPE) Score - creating, editing, deleting

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DMF (BPE) Score - creating, editing, deleting