Setting calculation options

When you are completing a perio chart, remember that the probing depth, gingival margin, and clinical attachment level measurements have a mathematical relationship. Given any two of the three measurements, the third measurement is calculated automatically.

To set calculation options

1.   In the Chart, select a patient.

2.   In the Chart toolbar, click Perio Chart.

The Perio Chart window appears.

3.   In the Perio Chart toolbar, click Setup.

The Perio Entry Setup dialog box appears.

4.   Under Calculation Options, select one of the following:

·        CAL = PD + GM - Select to enter the probing depth and gingival margin measurements. Once you enter these measurements, Easy Dental automatically calculates the clinical attachment level measurement.

·        GM = CAL - PD - Select to enter the clinical attachment level and probing depth measurements. Once you enter these measurements, Easy Dental automatically calculates the gingival margin measurement.

·        PD = CAL - GM - Select to enter the clinical attachment level and gingival margin measurements. Once you enter these measurements, Easy Dental automatically calculates the probing depth measurement.

·        No Calculation - Select this option only if you will be entering one measurement and do not want to perform a calculation.

Note: If you select any of the calculation methods, the automatically calculated measurement entry boxes on the Perio Chart are disabled. For example, if you select CAL, the clinical attachment level entry boxes are disabled and do not allow manual entry. If you select No Calculation, none of the boxes are grayed out, and you can enter measurements manually into any set of boxes.