השוואת שיטות

	מדד DMFT (Decayed, Missing due to caries, Filled)	בדיקת חניכיים
תחום	רפואת שיניים	רפואת שיניים
משפחה	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
שנת המקור	1938	1957
הוגה השיטה	Henry Klein, Cedric Palmer, and James Knutson	American Academy of Periodontology
סוג	Epidemiological index	Clinical measurement procedure
מקור מכונן	Klein, H., Palmer, C. E., & Knutson, J. W. (1938). Studies on dental caries: I. Dental status and dental needs of elementary school children. Public Health Reports, 53(32), 1259-1274.	Armitage, G. C. (1999). Development of a classification system for periodontal diseases and conditions. Annals of Periodontology, 4(1), 1-6.
כינויים	DMF index, DMF score, DMFT score	probing depth measurement, pocket depth assessment
קשורות	4	4
תקציר	The DMFT (Decayed, Missing due to caries, Filled) Index is a standardized epidemiological measure of dental caries experience in permanent dentition. Developed by Klein, Palmer, and Knutson in 1938, it quantifies the number of permanent teeth that are decayed, missing due to caries, or filled due to caries. The DMFT Index remains the most widely used caries index globally, enabling comparison of oral health across populations and tracking disease burden over time.	Periodontal probing is a clinical assessment technique that measures the depth of gingival crevices and periodontal pockets to diagnose periodontal disease. Introduced by the American Academy of Periodontology in the mid-20th century, it remains the gold standard for assessing periodontal health status. The procedure evaluates the clinical attachment level and recession depth to identify inflammation, attachment loss, and disease progression.