Printed forms
Indices and questionnaires get filled in on paper and filed far from the medical history.
Clinical assessments: the diagnostic protocols, inside the record
Plaque indices, erosion risk, the TMJ and the aesthetic assessment are filled in on screen and dated on the record, so you can compare each check-up with the last. These are four diagnostic protocols in the OCLÜ dental software: microbiological analysis of oral hygiene, a physicochemical questionnaire on acid erosion risk, biomechanical TMJ analysis, and facial and dental aesthetic assessment.
What eats your time today in clinical assessments
Arithmetic by hand
Working out plaque percentages and averages, or adding up a risk score, takes time at every check-up.
Nothing to compare
With no dated records there is no way to see whether hygiene or pain improved since the last check-up.
What Clinical assessments gives you in OCLÜ
Microbiological analysis
You choose what to record: O'Leary, the Silness & Löe plaque index, the Löe & Silness gingival index, bleeding on probing, Turesky, Tri Plaque ID, interdental hygiene, brushing technique and peri-implant hygiene.
Automatic averages
The percentages and averages of each index are calculated as you work tooth by tooth, and you finish with a hygiene summary and recommendations.
Physicochemical analysis
A questionnaire on acid erosion risk and salivary pH: diet, salivary flow, restorative history, periodontal response, general health and habits. The score returns low, moderate or high risk.
Biomechanical TMJ analysis
Range of movement, muscle palpation, joint status, presumptive diagnosis, recommended treatments and requested studies.
Aesthetic assessment
Facial reference lines, smile analysis and dental proportions. Every assessment stays in the patient's medical history, findings or no findings, so it is complete and at the next session you know where you are starting from.
Dated, on the record
Every assessment is saved with its date on the patient record, next to the odontogram and the periodontal chart.
How Clinical assessments works, in three steps
You open the assessment
From the patient record you pick the analysis you are going to run.
You enter the findings
You mark tooth by tooth, answer the questionnaire or record the palpation; the scores and averages come out on their own.
You compare at the next check-up
Every assessment is dated and you open earlier ones to see how the patient has progressed.
Frequently asked questions about clinical assessments
Which clinical assessments does OCLÜ include?
Four: microbiological analysis of oral hygiene, physicochemical analysis of acid erosion risk, biomechanical TMJ analysis, and facial and dental aesthetic assessment. You open them from each patient's record.
Do they cost extra?
No, all four assessments are included for dental clinics, with no add-on.
What indices does the microbiological analysis have?
O'Leary, the Silness & Löe plaque index, the Löe & Silness gingival index, bleeding on probing, Turesky and Tri Plaque ID, plus the interdental hygiene, brushing technique and peri-implant hygiene assessments. At each check-up you choose which ones to record.
How is the physicochemical risk calculated?
By adding one point for each question that applies to the patient. At 7 points or more the risk is moderate, and at 15 or more it is high.
Clinical assessments connects to the rest of OCLÜ
Periodontal chart
Probing, margin, CAL, bleeding and mobility
Odontogram
40 symbols per tooth and surface
Patients
A digital medical history, one record per patient
Try Clinical assessments with the rest of your clinic inside
Every assessment stays in the medical history, findings or no findings, and at the next check-up you know where you are starting from. Start free and migrate your data with our team.