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Caries risk assessment Adults

Caries risk assessment Adults

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Overview: This document provides a framework for assessing caries risk in adults, highlighting both promoting and protecting factors. It includes guidelines for evaluating salivary flow, oral hygiene practices, and other relevant factors.
Caries Promoting Factors: Key factors include low salivary flow rate, bleeding on probing, exposed cervical areas, sugar intake, and the use of certain medicaments like psychotropic drugs. Active white spots, lesions, cavities, or fillings in the past two years are also considered.
Caries Protecting Factors: Protective measures include the use of fluoridated toothpaste, fluoride rinsing, and professional prophylaxis. The frequency of these practices is noted, with recommendations for daily or multiple times per day usage.
Measures to Reduce Caries Risk: The document suggests interventions when risk factors outweigh protective factors. Recommendations include the use of saliva substitutes with fluoride, xylitol, and arginine toothpaste, especially in cases of xerostomia or reduced salivary flow.
Additional Considerations: The document advises on the frequency of professional prophylaxis and the importance of maintaining good oral hygiene practices to mitigate caries risk.
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CARIES RISK ASSESSMENT DATE: PATIENT NAME: CARIES PROMOTING FACTORS CARIES PROTECTING FACTORS Medicaments influencing oral health Psychotropic, sugar-containing medicaments etc. Subjective xerostomia Xerostomia with reduced salivary flow (unstimulated flow rate < 0.1 ml/min) Active white spots lesion/cavities/fillings in the last 2 years. Additional special factors Fluoride rinsing/highly fluoridated toothpaste Saliva substitute with fluoride, Xylitol, Interdental brushed, Arginine toothpaste Sugar inputs Professional prophylaxis Exposed cervical area Oral hygiene with fluridated toothpaste 1x 2x 3x Limitation of hand movement... TOTAL MEASURES TO REDUCE CARIES RISK: Always recommend when red exceeds green With the assistance of Prof. med. dent. Adrian Lussi

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