title: Periodontal risk calculator versus periodontal risk assessment.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The purpose of study was twofold: To determine the extent of inter valuator and inter group variation in risk scores assigned to study subjects by PRC and PRA. To explore the relationship between risk scores assigned by PRC and using the PRA.
  
  
  METHODS
  57 patients (33 male patients and 24 Female patients between 20 and 65 years age group) were assessed with PRC and PRA tools during their first visit.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We entered the resulting information in to the PRC and PRA to obtained a riskscore for each subject at first visit. The chi-square test significance between PRC and PRA is < 0.05 indicatesthe accuracy of the both tools.
authors.affiliation: Department of Periodontics, Lenora Institute of Dental Sciences, Rajanagaram, Rajamundry, Andhra Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: G V Naga
authors.initials: GV
authors.lastname: Sai Sujai
authors.affiliation: Department of Periodontics, Lenora Institute of Dental Sciences, Rajanagaram, Rajamundry, Andhra Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: V S S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Triveni
authors.affiliation: Department of Periodontics, Lenora Institute of Dental Sciences, Rajanagaram, Rajamundry, Andhra Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Barath
authors.affiliation: Department of Periodontics, Lenora Institute of Dental Sciences, Rajanagaram, Rajamundry, Andhra Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Harikishan
keywords: Pocket depths; risk; risk assessment; risk factor; smoker