Performing Periodontal Tissue Exams

To perform a periodontal tissue exam:

  1. On the Exams tab in the Charting for window, click Perio Tissue Exam on the Patient Exams toolbar. If no periodontal tissue exam exists for the patient, skip to step 3.

  2. Select an option:

  3. To create a new exam:

  4. To edit the existing exam:

  1. Select an option:

  2. To indicate normal tissue color, contour, texture, and consistency:

  3. Select the tissue color in the Color section.

  4. Select the tissue contour in the Contour section.

  5. Select the tissue texture in the Texture section.

  6. Select the tissue consistency in the Consistency section.

  1. Click Save Exam.

  2. To display the next exam, click Next Exam.