Assessment of Disease Levels and Factors that will Impact on Caries Status course for Dental Practioners

This session will cover the practical, chair-side assessment of caries risk. It will also outline the social, oral and medical factors which affect caries risk.

Learning objectives

By the end of this session you will be able to:

• identify the key elements of clinical caries risk assessment
• describe the role of social factors that influence the development of caries
• describe the role of medical factors that influence the development of caries
• describe the role of oral factors that influence the development of caries
• identify the social, medical and oral factors that are contributing to active caries in an individual patient

This session provides an introduction to the general factors (social and medical) and local factors (oral) that influence the development of caries.