Open AccessAlgorithm for dental caries risk assessment
Author(s) -
Cristian Funieru
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
romanian journal of stomatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2069-6078
pISSN - 1843-0805
DOI - 10.37897/rjs.2017.2.1
Subject(s) - risk assessment , computer science , scale (ratio) , point (geometry) , risk analysis (engineering) , dentistry , medicine , mathematics , computer security , physics , geometry , quantum mechanics
. Caries risk assessment in individual patients is mandatory as it becomes a starting point for developing patient-centered preventive strategies. Any method designed for caries risk assessment should be based on the risk and protection factors involved. Material and method. The first part of this study consists of a fundamental research based on a meta-analysis style study of a number of 128 articles present in the main online databases. The other part of the study is dedicated to the development of a mathematical algorithm of dental caries risk. Results. The caries risk is based on the algorithm presented in this study which takes into account 8 risk or protection factors, their frequency and coefficients being found in the main publications flow and assigned according to an evaluation scale. Conclusions. Although at first glance it seems to be a simple and easy to apply mathematical formula, this algorithm must be validated in a future and specially designed study before it could be used on a large scale.