The Miller–McEntire Score for Molars Provides an Evidence-based Approach to Assigning Periodontal Prognosis for Molar Teeth

Article Title and Bibliographic Information An evidence-based scoring index to determine the periodontal prognosis on molars. Miller PD Jr, McEntire ML, Marlow NM, Gellin RG. J Periodontol 2014;85(2):214-25. Reviewers Martha E. Nunn, DDS, PhD, William G. Carney, DDS, Stuart J. McNally, DDS Purpose/Question To evaluate the evidence for a scoring index used to assign periodontal prognosis of molars based on 102 patients from a private periodontal practice. Source of Funding Supported by National Institutes of Health/National Center for Research Resources Grant P20 RR017696 Type of Study/Design Cohort study Level of Evidence Level 2: Limited-quality, patient-oriented evidence Strength of Recommendation Grade Not applicable