What Do You Know About Caries Risk Assessment?

Staying abreast of the changing landscape of caries risk assessment, management, and prevention will help oral health professionals provide the highest quality patient care. Read on to see how much you know about this important facet of oral health care.

By The Editors On Jan 2, 2019 0

Dental caries is defined as a dissolution of enamel due to chemical byproducts produced by acidogenic bacteria during the fermentation of dietary sugars or carbohydrates.

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Caries can be primary, with lesions that have developed on intact tooth surfaces, or secondary, with lesions that have developed adjacent to existing restorations.

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The management of dental caries should be based on performing the least invasive treatment required to help restore a balanced oral environment

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Which of the following is a determinant that can predict caries risk?

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Poor or ineffective oral hygiene

Xerostomia

Frequency of carbohydrate consumption

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Which organization provides a caries management by risk assessment (CAMBRA) form?

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American Dental Association

American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry

California Dental Association

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Patients at high caries risk should undergo a diet analysis as part of a caries management and prevention program.

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Fluoride toothpaste should be used with the eruption of the first tooth.