Utilizing Dental Electronic Health Records Data to Predict Risk for Periodontal Disease.
Periodontal disease is a major cause for tooth loss and adversely affects individuals' oral health and quality of life. Research shows its potential association with systemic diseases like diabetes and cardiovascular disease, and social habits such as smoking. This study explores mining potential risk factors from dental electronic health records to predict and display patients' contextualized risk for periodontal disease. We retrieved relevant risk factors from structured and unstructured data on 2,370 patients who underwent comprehensive oral examinations at the Indiana University School of Dentistry, Indianapolis, IN, USA. Predicting overall risk and displaying relationships between risk factors and their influence on the patient's oral and general health can be a powerful educational and disease management tool for patients and clinicians at the point of care.
Indiana University School of Dentistry, IN, USA.
Thankam P
TP
Thyvalikakath
The H. John Heinz III College, Carnegie Mellon University, PA, USA.
Rema
R
Padman
Indiana University School of Dentistry, IN, USA.
Karnali
K
Vyawahare
Morgan & Stanley, NY, USA.
Pratiksha
P
Darade
The H. John Heinz III College, Carnegie Mellon University, PA, USA.
Rhucha
R
Paranjape
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D057225:Data Mining / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003792:Dental Records / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D057286:Electronic Health Records / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007196:Indiana / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009909:Oral Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009910:Oral Hygiene / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010510:Periodontal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D011159:Population Surveillance; D011379:Prognosis; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult