Table 2.

Healing Index of Landry, Turnbull and Howley⁶⁵,⁶⁶

Healing index	Tissue color	Bleeding on palpation	Granulation tissue	Incision margin	Suppuration
1 - Very Poor: 2 or more signs are present	≥ 50% of red gingiva	yes	yes	not epithelialized, with loss of epithelium beyond incision margin	yes
2 - Poor	≥ 50% of red gingiva	yes	yes	not epithelialized, with exposed connective tissue	no
3 - Good	25 - 50% of red gingiva	no	no	no exposed connective tissue	no
4 - Very Good	< 25% of red gingiva	no	no	no exposed connective tissue	no
5 - Excellent	all pink tissues	no	no	no exposed connective tissue	no