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Table of Contents for
June 2018 • Volume 34 • Number 77

SIGNIFICANCE AND POSSIBILITIES OF CARIES RISK ASSESSMENT IN CHILDREN

Branislava Stojković^1,2 ,
Marija Igić^1,2 ,
Olivera Tričković-Janjić^1,2 ,
Simona Stojanović³,
Marija Topalović ⁴

¹UNIVERSITY OF NIš, FACULTY OF MEDICine In. NIš SERBIA
²CLINIC FOR DENTISTRY, CHILD AND PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY, NIš, SERBIA
³UNIVERSITY OF NIš, FACULTY OF MEDICINE, ORAL SURGERY DEPARTMENT, NIš, SERBIA
⁴UNIVERSITY OF NIš, FACULTY OF MEDICINE, Phd student

...Abstract

Introduction: as a process of determining the likelihood of developing a new carious lesion in a given person within a specific period of time and/or the likelihood of changes occurring in severity and/or activity within existing lesions. In the last decades, the emphasis has been put on personalized preventive approach that provides individual estimation of caries risk.
The aim: The aim of this study was to emphasize the significance and possibilities of caries risk assessment in children.
Conclusion: Further research in this field should be aimed at distinguishing unique caries risk factor or the combination of factors that would show high caries predictive importance, and to allow very early identification of an individual/population group at risk before a clinical manifestation of the disease

Key words:caries risk assessment, children

... Authors and Reprint Information

Address of correspondenc
Branislava Stojković, DDS,
Medicinski fakultet Niš,
Bulevar Dr Zoran Đinđić 81, Niš, Srbija
E-mail:sbranislava@gmail.com