Louis ZG Touyz Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
Beverages and teeth, novel periodontal operations, a new classification Oral Malodor
Faculty of Dentistry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Dr Louis Touyz was in private practice General Dentist 1962-1978. He took up position as senior lecturer/specialist 1983-1991 University Witwatersrand, South Africa. He was recruited as full-time, tenured Professor and Director Periodontics McGill 1992-2013, and received a Merit Teaching Award McGill 1994. He was examiner of academic degrees for: BSc, BDS, DDS, DMD, MDent, PhD degrees.. During his career he has qualified over 2000 dentists.
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Author(s): Louis ZG Touyz
The PSR, CPITN and IARTI The Initial Assessment and Ranking of Periodontal Treatment Index an Improved Rapid Classifying Index of Periodontal and Perio-Restorative Cases
The CPITN and PSR are deficient for triage in perio and periorestorative cases: They provide isolated scores, do not include likely therapeutic information, do not provide the sequence of a plausible general treatment plan, fail to denote if perio-surgery is likely to be included or whether pre-operative/restorative gingival surgery is needed, and makes no mention of oral hygiene and maintenan... view moreĀ»