Caries Risk Assessment Instrument for Young Adults

年轻人龋齿风险评估工具

• 批准号: 6932171
• 负责人: George K Stookey
• 金额: $ 10万
• 依托单位: THERAMETRIC TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-08-10 至 2006-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6932171
• 关键词: clinical research; data collection methodology /evaluation; dental caries; dental visualization; disease /disorder proneness /risk; human subject; oral health; preventive dentistry; questionnaires; university student; young adult human (21-34)

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): In spite of the remarkable progress that has been made in the reduction of the prevalence of dental caries it continues to be the most prevalent dental disease. The results of the most recent national survey, NHANES III, indicated that by age 17 nearly 78% of U.S. residents are afflicted with dental caries. This number increase to about 85% in persons 18 years of age and older and, in addition, 50% of persons beyond 75 years of age have root surface caries involving at least one tooth. These data also indicate that young adults 18-25 years of age had an average of nearly 14 decayed, missing or filled tooth surface and that this number increases to 41 in persons 36-45 years of age. Further these numbers are not appreciably influenced by race, income level, or level of education. Although these latter numbers for caries prevalence are somewhat less than was observed in prior surveys it is quite apparent that more effective measures for the prevention and control of this disease are needed. The identification of young adults at significant risk for dental caries would permit the implementation of professional and home-use measures for the prevention and control of dental caries. Thus, the overall goal of this investigation is to develop a caries risk assessment instrument for young adults that accurately determine caries risk. The Specific Aims of this project are: (1) develop a survey instrument based upon existing knowledge and the prior experience of the team in identifying persons with significant medical risks; (2) collect preliminary data to validate the caries risk assessment instrument by conducting clinical caries examinations in young adults 18-25 years of age using two new technologies (Quantitative Light Fluorescence and ICDAS) known to be capable of detecting caries; increments within a 6- month test period; and (3) use the caries data to evaluate each component of the caries risk assessment instrument for their value in identifying persons with significant caries risk. Future large-scale investigations will be undertaken to validate the merits of the instrument.

描述（由申请人提供）：尽管在降低了龋齿的患病率时取得了显着的进步，但它仍然是最普遍的牙齿疾病。最新的全国调查结果NHANES III的结果表明，到17岁的美国居民中，近78％的居民患龋齿。这个数字在18岁及以上的人中增加到约85％，此外，有50％的75岁以上的人至少涉及一颗牙齿的根表面龋齿。这些数据还表明，18-25岁的年轻人平均有近14个腐烂，缺失或填充的牙齿表面，而这一数字在36-45岁的人中增加到41岁。此外，这些数字不受种族，收入水平或教育水平的明显影响。尽管这些龋齿患病率的后一个数字比以前的调查中观察到的要小一些，但是很明显，需要采取更有效的预防和控制该疾病的措施。鉴定有龋齿风险的年轻人将允许实施专业和家庭使用措施，以预防和控制龋齿。因此，这项调查的总体目标是为年轻人开发一种心介风险评估工具，以准确确定龋齿风险。该项目的具体目的是：（1）根据现有知识和团队识别具有重大医疗风险的人的先前经验而开发一种调查工具； （2）通过使用两种已知能够检测龋齿的新技术（定量光荧光和ICDA）进行18-25岁年龄段的年轻人进行临床龋齿检查，以收集初步数据来验证龋齿风险评估工具。在6个月的测试期内增加； （3）使用Caries数据来评估Caries风险评估工具的每个组成部分，以识别具有明显龋齿风险的人的价值。未来的大规模调查将进行验证该工具的优点。