Patient identification Mental orientation Emotional status Stature Habitus Posture Gait Abnormal movements Vital signs

1. DR R R DIVYA JOSE
II MDS

2.  General patient assesment including determination of vital
signs typically proceeds the extraoral examination which is
then followed by intraoral examination

3.  Patient identification
 Mental orientation
 Emotional status
 Stature
 Habitus
 Posture
 Gait
 Abnormal movements
 Vital signs

4.  Patient identification consists of the observation of the patients
apparent age , gender ,and race .
 These demographic features can alert the clinician to the
probability of certain health problems

5.  basis of the patient awareness of person , place and
time

7.  Less severe mental inorientation is suggested by in
consistent Or inappropriate response to health
questions

8. ALERT ANXIOUS

9. FEARFUL SUSPICIOUS

10. CONFRONTATIONAL DISTRESSED

11. APATHETIC

12. BODY RATIO
The body ratio is the upper skeletal segment length divided by that of the
lower body segment with the symphysis pubis as the dividing point for
measurement

13.  STATURE TO SPAN RATIO
 The stature to span ratio is height divided by the
distance from fingertip to fingertip with the arms
extended

14.  Both ratios are approximately 1.0 for adolescents and
adults

18.  HEMIPLEGIC GIAT

19.  ATAXIC GIAT

20.  PARKINSONISM GIAT

21.  SCISSORS GIAT

22.  FOOT DROP GIAT

23.  EQUINE GIAT

27.  TREMORS
 Resting tremors
 ESSentinal tremors
 Intentional tremor

34.  DYSARTHRIA OR SLURRING OF SPEECH
 APHASIA

41.  Pulse rate
 Respiration rate (rate of breathing)
 Blood pressure
 Body temperature

46.  QUANTITATIVE
PULSE
DETERMINATION
 QUALITATIVE
PULSE
EVALUATION