Periodontal Risk Assessment Application for the Usage in Dental Clinic

Abstract

The prevention and treatment of periodontal disease is based on accurate diagnosis, reduction or elimination of causative agents, risk management of the disease. The practice of available risk assessment involves dental care providers identifying patients and populations at increased risk of developing periodontal disease. While several tools have been proposed to assess the risk of periodontal disease, none of it were develop to be as web based screening tool during the first visit to the periodontology clinic. Objective: To develop a periodontal risk web based tool of individuals using the modified Spider web periodontal risk assessment model to be used during first dental visit. Materials and Methods: Four entities from the original model were retained in the new model: bleeding on probing, probing depth, tooth loss and smoking. The entities that were added included various aspects of risk assessment like diabetes, socioeconomic factors and stress. A comprehensive evaluation of the functional diagram were done in a form of web based tool to provide an individualized total risk profile. Results: Utilizing a periodontal risk web based tool during first visit may helps dental professionals predict the potential for developing periodontal diseases and allows them to focus on early identification and to provide proactive, targeted treatment for patients who are at risk for progressive/aggressive diseases. Conclusion: The development of modified Periodontal risk assessment web based tool may help clinicians to identify subjects with an impaired periodontal prognosis as well as determine the impact of treatment on periodontal prognosis.