The purpose of the first cycle is to check for missing teeth and tooth mobility. Missing teeth are recorded on the chart with an X over the tooth diagram and an X over the buccal or labial and palatal or lingual probing box. Missing teeth are recorded on the chart with an X over the tooth diagram and an X over the buccal or labial and palatal or lingual probing box.
Mobility is recorded in the appropriate box of the examination form.
A mobility of one is when a tooth moves 0.5 to 1.00 millimeters. A mobility of two is when a tooth moves 1.00 to 2.00 millimeters. A mobility of three is when more than two millimeters of movement is seen or if a tooth is mobile and depressible in the occlusal apical direction. This data is recorded beginning on the upper right quadrant and then proceeding around the arch to the upper left quadrant. The purpose of the second cycle is to record pocket depth.