A Comparison of the OHI-S and the PHP in an Oral Hygiene Program

Overview

Journal ASDC J Dent Child

Specialties Dentistry
Pediatrics

Date 1986 Jan 1

PMID 3003173

Citations 1

Authors

R L Blount

T F Stokes

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Abstract

This study examined two critical measurement properties of the Simplified Oral Hygiene Index (OHI-S) and the Patient Hygiene Performance method (PHP). Both scales proved to be sufficiently sensitive to decreases in plaque.

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