To move the highlight bar forward, the user may click the button on the right for the appropriate number value. The highlight bar will auto-advance through the dentition chart. The numerical value will appear in the analog grid at the bottom of the screen.
Also, users may use the computer keyboard to enter values.
Categories |
Shortcut Keys |
Description |
Move highlighted area |
Left and right arrow keys |
Press on left arrow key to move the highlighted area to the left.
Press on right arrow key to move the highlighted area to the right. |
Pocket Depth (PD) |
0 to 9 keys
Shift + two digits for value greater than 9 |
Simply press on numeric keys from 0 to 9 to record values from 0 to 9.
To record greater than 9 use the Shift key as follows:
Shift + 1 + 0 = 10 Shift + 1 + 1 = 11 Etc. |
Muco-gingival Junction (MGJ) |
0 to 9 keys
Shift + two digits for value greater than 9 |
Simply press on numeric keys from 0 to 9 to record values from 0 to 9.
To record greater than 9 use the Shift key as follows:
Shift + 1 + 0 = 10 Shift + 1 + 1 = 11 Etc. |
Free Gingival Margin (FGM) |
0 to 8 keys,
Shift + (1 to 5 keys) |
Simply press on 0 to 8 to record values 0 to 8.
Shift + 1 = +1 Shift + 2 = +2 Etc. |
Bleeding |
0 and 1 keys |
0 = Off 1 = On |
Suppuration |
0 and 1 keys |
0 = Off 1 = On |
Furcation |
0 to 4 keys |
0 = Reset 1 = Class 1, 2 = Class 2 etc. |
Mobility |
0 to 3 keys,
Shift + 0 to 2 keys for decimals |
Simply press 0 to 3 keys on the keyboard.
To record values with decimals (ex: 0.5, 1.5 etc) use the shift key as described below:
0 = Reset Shift + 0 = 0.5 1 = 1 Shift + 1 = 1.5 etc. |