Caries Risk Assessment and Management in Europe: The Multi-Country Observational CARMEN Study.

ABSTRACT: Background: This observational ambispective longitudinal international study explored dentists' practices and patient records concerning dental caries risk management across four European countries (Bulgaria, Greece, Poland and Portugal). Methods: Dentist volunteers recruited patients needing caries risk management, either through preventive or curative measures, from their regular practice. Analyses focused on assessing dentists' practices in caries risk assessment and management, along with gathering information on patient and dentist characteristics, oral health assessments, and caries risk evaluation. Results: A total of 51 dentists recruited 1008 patients. Across the countries studied, caries risk assessment and management methods varied, with fewer than 15% of de

SUBMITTER: Frias-Bulhosa J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12939442 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature