Randomized clinical trial to evaluate two methods of caries risk assessment in schoolchildren: the CARDEC-PEL 04 study protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Caries risk assessment is an essential element for managing and preventing dental caries in children. Individual caries risk assessment can be conducted to evaluate the presence or absence of single factors, or using multivariate models, a combination of factors. The subject has been extensively studied, but no previous research has compared whether a more elaborate and individualized method of caries risk benefits the patient than more straightforward strategies. Thus, this protocol evaluates the efficacy of two risk assessment methods for caries control in children, a simplified method based on caries experience evaluation and a multivariate method described in the literature.

Methods

This is a randomized, double-blind, controlled, parallel-treatment trial proto

SUBMITTER: Menegaz AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8684335 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature