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Caries Risk Assessment, Palinee Detsomboonrat, Pagaporn Pantuwadee Pisarnturakit

Chulalongkorn University Dental Journal

Caries risk assessment prior to its clinical appearance or its change size and severity is the procedure to assist dental public health personnel to classify patient with different risk to dental caries, which require different surveillance and monitoring plan, and to manage the limited health care resources appropriately. Therefore, the objective of this review is to indicate important and benefit of caries risk assessment and to identify risk factor for prediction future caries in children. Since dental caries is a multi-etiological disease which consists of general factors such as socioeconomic status, systemic disease and medical history, while as specific factors …