Caries risk assessment in children using Cariogram® in a Brazilian city: pilot study

• Autor(a) principal: Tajra, Fábio Solon
• Data de Publicação: 2014
• Outros Autores: Cavalcante, Theodora Thays Arruda, Vasconcelos, Mayron Alves de, Carneiro, Victor Alves, Teixeira, Edson Holanda, Aguiar, Andréa Silvia Walter de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por; eng
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira em Promoção da Saúde
• Texto Completo: https://ojs.unifor.br/RBPS/article/view/3161
• topic: Cárie Dentária; Suscetibilidade à Cárie Dentária; Medição de Risco.

Objective: To analyze the risk of dental caries in 12-year-old children through the use of Cariogram®. Methods: Descriptive study conducted with 31 children, aged 12 years, in apublic elementary school in a city of the Brazilian Northeast, in 2009. Data was collected regarding caries experience and related systemic disease; presence of sugar in the diet and intake frequency; Streptococcus mutans biofilm growth and bacterial counts; use of fluoride products, salivary flow and buffering capacity. All this data was inserted into Cariogram®, in order to obtain a profile of individual caries risk and the ability to prevent new cariouslesions. Results: It was found that 78% (n=24) of the children had individual risk of dental caries in the intermediate and high levels; 45% (n=14) of the participants had less than a 50% chance of avoiding new cavities. Furthermore, 6.45% (n=2) of the children had less than 75% possibility of avoiding new carious lesions, i.e., they featured high risk of caries development, and 12.90% (n=4) had a possibility of more than 75%, being characterized as low risk of developing such injuries. There were positive associations (p