Basic Periodontal Examination (BPE)
Basic Periodontal Examination: the highest code across six sextants and the charting it calls for.
Open the calculator → Runs in your browser. Data leaves only if you deliberately send a problem report from the interactive tool.
Example
- Upper right sextant code
- 2: calculus or an overhang
- Upper anterior sextant code
- 1: bleeding after probing
- Upper left sextant code
- 3: pocket 3.5 to 5.5 mm (black band partly visible)
- Lower left sextant code
- 3: pocket 3.5 to 5.5 mm (black band partly visible)
- Lower anterior sextant code
- 1: bleeding after probing
- Lower right sextant code
- 2: calculus or an overhang
Result: Highest BPE code 3: a pocket of 3.5 to 5.5 mm, in the upper left and lower left sextants; this indicates periodontitis.
The tool opens with these values already filled in. Replace them with your own.
What you enter
- Upper right sextant code
- Upper anterior sextant code
- Upper left sextant code
- Lower left sextant code
- Lower anterior sextant code
- Lower right sextant code
- Furcation involvement in a sextant (*)
How this is calculated
Citation
Preshaw PM. Detection and diagnosis of periodontal conditions amenable to prevention. BMC Oral Health. 2015;15 Suppl 1:S5. Read the source ↗
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