Cariogram Validity in Schoolchildren: A Two-Year Follow-Up Study

The validity of Cariogram in relation to caries increment over a 2-year period was evaluated. In 2007, the caries risk profile in a group of Sardinian schoolchildren (957) aged 7–9 years was assessed using the Cariogram software. A re-examination using the same criteria was performed 2 years later o...

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Published in:Caries research Vol. 46; no. 1; pp. 16 - 22
Main Authors: Campus, G., Cagetti, M.G., Sale, S., Carta, G., Lingström, P.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Basel, Switzerland S. Karger AG 01.01.2012
Subjects:
Area Under Curve
caries
Cariostatic Agents - therapeutic use
Child
Dental Calculus - epidemiology
Dental Caries - epidemiology
Dental Caries Susceptibility
Dietary Sucrose - administration & dosage
DMF Index
Feeding Behavior
Female
Fluorides - therapeutic use
Follow-Up Studies
Forecasting
Humans
Incidence
Italy - epidemiology
Lactobacillus - isolation & purification
Male
Odontologi
Odontology
Original Paper
Periodontal Index
Principal Component Analysis
Risk Assessment
ROC Curve
Saliva - microbiology
Sensitivity and Specificity
Software
Streptococcus mutans - isolation & purification
Tooth, Deciduous - pathology
Toothbrushing - statistics & numerical data
Italy
Cariogram
Schoolchildren
Caries incidence
Epidemiology
DMFS
ISSN:0008-6568, 1421-976X, 1421-976X
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Summary:The validity of Cariogram in relation to caries increment over a 2-year period was evaluated. In 2007, the caries risk profile in a group of Sardinian schoolchildren (957) aged 7–9 years was assessed using the Cariogram software. A re-examination using the same criteria was performed 2 years later on 861 individuals from the original sample (drop-out 10.0%). The possible correlated variables were analyzed using the principal component analysis (PCA). The performances of Cariogram in predicting caries increment were evaluated by receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis. At follow-up examination, 54.4% of the sample had developed new carious lesions (mean DFS 1.6, 95% CI 1.5–1.8). The mean caries increment (ΔDFS) was 0.5, 95% CI 0.4–0.5. PCA showed that Cariogram, gingival status and dietary sugar frequency, both at baseline and at follow-up, tend to form a separate cluster (goodness of fit ≧0.75). Sensitivity and specificity measured by ROC analysis were 0.83 and 0.85, respectively, so the gain in certainty was 1.68, while the area under the ROC curve was 0.93. A strong correlation between caries risk profiles at baseline and caries incidence in the permanent teeth after 2 years was found. The validity of Cariogram was confirmed, the software fulfilling the criteria for a good risk assessment model: precision, accuracy and ease of use.
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ISSN:0008-6568
1421-976X
1421-976X
DOI:10.1159/000334932