Caries Management by Risk Assessment
Dental caries is known as one of the most common diseases among children and adults. The reversible nature of early carious lesions makes their cure possible and the disease is preventable. Performing caries risk assessment at initial examinations provides dentists an idea of caries status in each individual patient and of the causes of the disease. Knowing the caries status and the cause of the disease leads to proper diagnosis, treatment planning, and caries recalls. In this review article, we provide some clinical guidelines in caries management by risk assessment, as a part of minimally invasive dentistry, which may be helpful for dentists in their clinical practice.
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