PMID: 11918577Mar 29, 2002Paper

Plaque minerals in the prediction of caries activity

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology
Euan I F PearceJia-De Wang

Abstract

Attempts to identify subjects who will develop caries lesions in future years have been only moderately successful, suggesting that one or more important risk factors are being overlooked. The aim of this study was to validate the use of plaque calcium, phosphate and fluoride concentrations as significant risk factors in caries. DMFS and DMFT rates were measured three times over 2 years in a group of rural Chinese schoolchildren initially aged 12 years and not living in a high-fluoride area. At the baseline and year 1 examinations, dental plaque was accumulated for 3 days and, after collection, was analysed for Ca, P and F. Plaque scores, dental health behaviour and parents' occupation data were also recorded. The mean DMFS increment over 2 years was 1.14 with a range of -2 to +9. Regression analysis taking all factors into account identified only plaque Ca concentration, baseline DMFS score and toothbrushing frequency as significant factors in identifying high-risk individuals. Plaque Ca also showed predictive ability on its own. For example, when high caries was defined as 3+ new DMFS and a Ca cut-off value of 200 nmol/mg dry wt was selected, sensitivity was 0.84 and specificity 0.38. However, with this cut-off value the perc...Continue Reading

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