title: Managing clinical risk: right person, right care, right time.
abstract: Dentists and the dental health care industry have a renewed interest in clinical risk assessment, because they offer the potential to identify a patient's clinical needs for oral health care more specifically, to maximize prevention by early intervention, and to educate patients to become more informed consumers of oral health care and direct resources where they are most needed and can produce the greatest value. To realize this potential, risk assessment must be applied appropriately, and its indirect ramifications for access to care should be considered. Several ideas for the appropriate application of risk assessment are discussed and the ramifications for access to care are explored.
authors.affiliation: Council on Dental Practice, American Dental Association, 211 E. Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611, USA. dentalpractice@ada.org
authors.forename: Frank J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Graham
mesh_terms: D003729:Dental Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006291:Health Policy; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D011313:Preventive Dentistry / Q000191:economics; D040841:Resource Allocation; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D012308:Risk Management; D014481:United States