title: Standardizing data collection and decision making with an expert system.
abstract: The software for the pilot system has been completed. The appropriateness of the risk factor weights needs to be evaluated by clinical testing. However, this does not prevent the system from being used to teach the philosophy of risk group identification and selection of different management strategies according to disease activity. The current system does demonstrate a dynamic relationship between caries risk assessment/activity and different management strategies. A formal scientific evaluation of the effectiveness of the system as a teaching tool is being developed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Diagnostic Sciences, University of Florida College of Dentistry, Gainesville 32610-0414, USA.
authors.forename: D K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Benn
authors.forename: D D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Dankel
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Clark
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Lesser
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Bridgwater
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D003658:Decision Making, Computer-Assisted; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D003792:Dental Records; D005103:Expert Systems / Q000295:instrumentation; D006801:Humans; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D010865:Pilot Projects; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D012985:Software Design