Are standardised caries risk assessment models effective?

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 102-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Soraya C Leal
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Caries Risk ◽  
Caries Risk Assessment ◽  
Risk Assessment Models

scholarly journals Assessing the Predictive Performance of Probabilistic Caries Risk Assessment Models: The Importance of Calibration

2020 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 258-265
Author(s):  
Mario Trottini ◽  
Guglielmo Campus ◽  
Denise Corridore ◽  
Fabio Cocco ◽  
Maria Grazia Cagetti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Predictive Performance ◽  
Isotonic Regression ◽  
Medical Decision ◽  
Calibration Plot ◽  
Caries Risk ◽  
Caries Risk Assessment ◽  
Risk Assessment Models ◽  
Specificity And Sensitivity ◽  
Calibration Methods

Probabilistic caries risk assessment models (P-CRA), such as the Cariogram, are promising tools to planning treatments in order to control and prevent caries. The usefulness of these models for informing patients and medical decision-making depends on 2 properties known as discrimination and calibration. Current common assessment of P-CRA models, however, ignores calibration, and this can be misleading. The aim of this paper was to provide tools for a proper assessment of calibration of the P-CRA models and improve calibration when lacking. A combination of standard calibration tools (calibration plot, calibration in-the-large, and calibration slope) and 3 novel measures of calibration (the Calibration Index and 2 related metrics, E50 and E90) are proposed to evaluate if a P-CRA model is well calibrated. Moreover, an approach was proposed and validated using data from a previous follow-up study performed on children evaluated by means of a reduced Cariogram model; Platt scaling and isotonic regression were applied showing a lack of calibration. The use of the Cariogram overestimates the actual risk of new caries for forecast probabilities <0.5 and underestimates the risk for forecast probabilities >0.6. Both Platt scaling and isotonic regression were able to significantly improve the calibration of the reduced Cariogram model, preserving its discrimination properties. The average specificity and sensitivity for both Platt scaling and isotonic regression using the cut-off point p= 0.5 were >83 and their sum well exceeded 160. The benefits of the proposed calibration methods are promising, but further research in this field is required.

scholarly journals Are standardized caries risk assessment models effective in assessing actual caries status and future caries increment? A systematic review

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Grazia Cagetti ◽  
Giuliana Bontà ◽  
Fabio Cocco ◽  
Peter Lingstrom ◽  
Laura Strohmenger ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Caries Risk ◽  
Caries Risk Assessment ◽  
Risk Assessment Models ◽  
Caries Increment

Building Caries Risk Assessment Models for Children

2010 ◽  
Vol 89 (6) ◽  
pp. 637-643 ◽  
Author(s):  
X.-L. Gao ◽  
C.-Y.S. Hsu ◽  
Y. Xu ◽  
H.B. Hwarng ◽  
T. Loh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Caries Risk ◽  
Caries Risk Assessment ◽  
Risk Assessment Models

Caries Risk Assessment At Dental Students and its Association with Caries Experience

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (7) ◽  
pp. 223-225
Author(s):  
Catalina Iulia Saveanu ◽  
◽  
Lucia Barlean ◽  
Vlad Danila ◽  
Iulia Roxana Ionescu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Dental Students ◽  
Caries Experience ◽  
Caries Risk ◽  
Caries Risk Assessment

Exploring the contributions of components of caries risk assessment guidelines

2008 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 357-362 ◽  
Author(s):  
James D. Bader ◽  
Nancy A. Perrin ◽  
Gerardo Maupom ◽  
William A. Rush ◽  
Brad D. Rindal
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Caries Risk ◽  
Caries Risk Assessment ◽  
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