During the initial clinical examination, the periodontal status was determined by means of a comprehensive periodontal assessment: lost teeth, teeth with bone loss over 5 mm, mobility grade, and periodontal pocket >4 mm were used to define a history of periodontal disease.
A comprehensive analysis of the teeth has now been published in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology.
Finding ways of combining different types of measures into single studies gives us a more comprehensive understanding of the sweet tooth and the role it plays in our lives, including the consequences on our health.
They are no longer edentulous but usually have several missing teeth and need comprehensive dental care: restorations, periodontal and prosthetic treatments [ 6].
In particular, because the Quebec public dental insurance program is not comprehensive, dentists must often extract teeth that could be restored if the patients were able to pay.
A few years later, based on Eccles work, Smith and Knight [ 2] produced the Tooth Wear Index, a comprehensive system whereby all four visible surfaces (buccal, cervical, lingual and occlusal/incisal) of all teeth present, are scored for wear.
Long-term functional and esthetic success with implant-supported single-tooth restorations requires a comprehensive and interdisciplinary treatment approach.
This observation is in line with results from other ART restoration studies in permanent teeth, according to a comprehensive review [ 2].
Out of 32 schools included, 19 had participated for 5 years in a comprehensive school-based preventive program with daily tooth brushing, application of fluoride varnish three times a year, manual restorative treatment of permanent teeth, and extraction of nonrestorable teeth.
Smith and Knight [ 30] took Eccles' ideas a stage further, producing the tooth wear index (TWI), a comprehensive system whereby all four visible surfaces (buccal, cervical, lingual and occlusal incisal) of all teeth present are scored for wear, irrespective of how it occurred (Table 2).
