de Araujo Nobre et al reported a risk score for dental caries in adult. This can help to identify a patient who may require more aggressive dental hygiene. The authors are from Malo Clinic in Lisbon, Portugal.
Patient selection: adult
Parameters:
(1) systemic compromised status
(2) history of or active periodontitis
(3) bacterial plaque or calculus
(4) number of years since last restoration
(5) number of teeth restored
Parameter
Finding
Points
systemic compromised status
no
0
yes
1
periodontitis
no
0
yes
2
plaque or calculus
no
0
yes
5
number of years since last restoration
<= 5
0
> 5 years
3
number of teeth restored
<= 8
0
> 8
2
total score =
= SUM(points for all of the parameters)
Interpretation:
• minimum score: 0
• maximum score: 13
Score
Risk Group
Incidence of Dental Caries
0 to 3
low
< 27%
4 to 7
intermediate
27 to 54%%
>= 8
high
> 54%
Performance:
• The area under the ROC curve is 0.78.
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