Correlation of Plaque and Patient Education

A Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfillment ... Dental Hygiene Education ...

In effect, the pre-prophylaxis scores of the maintenance subjects may have
already been lower than usual as a reflection of three periodic prophylaxes and
increased motivation. The use of plaque scores and the return of plaque scores
appear to be a useful index of the degree of motivation of dental patients.
However, the return of plaque from 28-60 in Group II (experimental) to that
approximating that of Group I (control) in this study suggests that the use of
plaque as a motivation ...