Evolution of Indices in the Screening of Periodontal Diseases: A Narrative Review

• Main Authors: Danavanthi Bangera (Author), Krishnan Vishwanathan (Author), Jayadevan Sreedharan (Author), Prabhu Manickam Natarajan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Periodontal disease is the inflammation of the periodontal supporting structures of teeth. An index is an important tool of surveillance system based on the requirements of reliability, simplicity, and validity to screen oral health disease of the population. This paper aims to discuss on various in...