Article
Patient stratification for preventive care in dentistry.
Journal of dental research - 1 Aug 2013
Giannobile W V, Braun T M, Caplis A K, Doucette-Stamm L, Duff G W, Kornman K S
Abstract excerpt
Prevention reduces tooth loss, but little evidence supports biannual preventive care for all adults. We used risk-based approaches to test tooth loss association with 1 vs. 2 annual preventive visits in high-risk (HiR) and low-risk (LoR) patients. Insurance claims for 16 years for 5,117 adults were evaluated retrospectively for tooth extraction events. Patients were classified as HiR for progressive periodontitis...
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