Utilization of caries risk assessment tools within the underserved population: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Caries Risk Assessment (CRA) tools can be utilised to assess caries risk levels within underserved individuals to provide risk-based caries management. With no previous review mapping the evidence of CRA tools in underserved populations, a scoping review was conducted to provide a comprehensive view of the current literature and the utilisation of CRA tools in underserved populations. The main objectives of this review are as follows: (1) to comprehensively review CRA tools utilised, and (2) to highlight the important findings indicating the oral health status of underserved population subgroups.

Methods

A systematic search was performed using MEDLINE, EMBASE, Scopus, Google Scholar, and Dissertations & Theses Global (ProQuest). All relevant English-language paper

SUBMITTER: Park M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11872313 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature