background: to assess the caries risk among 12‑years old children using the cariogram and to evaluate it by comparing with the actual change in dmft and dmfs over a period of two year. methods: a two year prospective study was conducted among 12 years age group school going children in davangere city. at the baseline relevant and required information regarding the oral hygiene, diet, fluoride u...

The prediction of caries risk has been of long-standing interest. Generally, few of the tests involving oral bacteria or their products have become accepted. Presently, the main focus is on counts of lactobacilli (L) and mutans streptococci (MS). Due to their positive numerical association with human caries and the linkage of this association to carbohydrate consumption, counts of L and MS may,...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this research was to assess the efficiency of different multifactor models in caries prediction. MATERIALS AND METHODS Data from the questionnaire and objective examination of 109 examinees was entered into the Cariogram, Previser and Caries-Risk Assessment Tool (CAT) multifactor risk assessment models. Caries risk was assessed with the help of all three models for each p...

Several cross-sectional studies report that caries in primary teeth is correlated with caries in permanent teeth. This eight-year cohort study sought to determine if caries in the primary dentition can predict caries in the permanent dentition of the same individuals and, if so, with what degree of prediction accuracy. A total of 362 Chinese children, from 3 to 5 years old at the time of the 19...

INTRODUCTION Various caries risk prediction models have been developed in recent years. Cariogram, a software program that evaluates an individual's caries risk profile and illustrates it in graphic form, appears to classify patients more correctly than other risk prediction methods. OBJECTIVES The objective of this study was to determine the caries risk of a population by means of the Cariog...

For years, Swedish researchers have recognized caries risk assessment as an important part of routine dental practice for caries management. This paper reviews a new way of illustrating the caries risk profi le of an individual through a computer program, the Cariogram, which was described by Professor Bratthal in 1976. Cariogram is a risk as well as a prediction model. It presents a ‘weighted’...