Baseline Caries Risk Assessment Using CAMBRA May Predict Caries Only in High and Extreme Caries Risk Groups

Marisol Tellez; Vinodh Bhoopathi; Sungwoo Lim

doi:10.1016/j.jebdp.2015.10.008

Baseline Caries Risk Assessment Using CAMBRA May Predict Caries Only in High and Extreme Caries Risk Groups

J Evid Based Dent Pract. 2015 Dec;15(4):197-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jebdp.2015.10.008. Epub 2015 Oct 28.

Authors

Marisol Tellez¹, Vinodh Bhoopathi², Sungwoo Lim³

Affiliations

¹ Pediatric Dentistry and Community Oral Health Sciences, Maurice H. Kornberg School of Dentistry, Temple University, 3223 N Broad Street, Room L218, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA, Tel.: +1 215 707 1773. Electronic address: Marisol@temple.edu.
² Pediatric Dentistry and Community Oral Health Sciences, Maurice H. Kornberg School of Dentistry, Temple University, 3223 N Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA, Tel.: +1 215 707 7006. Electronic address: Vinodh.Bhoopathi@temple.edu.
³ Consultant, Maurice H. Kornberg School of Dentistry, Temple University, 3223 N Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA. Electronic address: lsw1227@gmail.com.

PMID: 26698010
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebdp.2015.10.008

Abstract

Article title and bibliographic information: Baseline caries risk assessment as a predictor of caries incidence. Chaffee BW, Cheng J, Featherstone JD.J Dent 2015;43(5):518-24.

Reviewers: Marisol Tellez, BDS, MPH, PhD, Vinodh Bhoopathi, BDS, MPH, DScD, Sungwoo Lim, MS, DrPH PURPOSE/QUESTION: To determine, with each increasing category of baseline caries risk as assessed by Caries Management by Risk Assessment (CAMBRA) in a patient, whether a greater or higher number of new decay/restored teeth can be predicted at a subsequent 6-month periodic oral evaluation.

Source of funding: National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health (KL2TR000143) TYPE OF STUDY/DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study

Level of evidence: Level 2: Limited-quality, patientoriented evidence

Strength of recommendation grade: Not applicable.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Comment

MeSH terms

Cohort Studies
Dental Caries*
Humans
Retrospective Studies
Risk Assessment*
Risk Management

Grants and funding

KL2TR000143/TR/NCATS NIH HHS/United States