השוואת שיטות

	בדיקת חניכיים	מדד DMFT (Decayed, Missing due to caries, Filled)
תחום	רפואת שיניים	רפואת שיניים
משפחה	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
שנת המקור	1957	1938
הוגה השיטה	American Academy of Periodontology	Henry Klein, Cedric Palmer, and James Knutson
סוג	Clinical measurement procedure	Epidemiological index
מקור מכונן	Armitage, G. C. (1999). Development of a classification system for periodontal diseases and conditions. Annals of Periodontology, 4(1), 1-6.	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.
כינויים	probing depth measurement, pocket depth assessment	DMF index, DMF score, DMFT score
קשורות	4	4
תקציר	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.	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.