title: Baseline Caries Risk Assessment Using CAMBRA May Predict Caries Only in High and Extreme Caries Risk Groups.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Baseline caries risk assessment as a predictor of caries incidence. Chaffee BW, Cheng J, Featherstone JD.J Dent 2015;43(5):518-24.
  
  
  METHODS
  Marisol Tellez, BDS, MPH, PhD, Vinodh Bhoopathi, BDS, MPH, DScD, Sungwoo Lim, MS, DrPH PURPOSE/QUESTION: To determine, with each increasing category of baseline caries risk as assessed by Caries Management by Risk Assessment (CAMBRA) in a patient, whether a greater or higher number of new decay/restored teeth can be predicted at a subsequent 6-month periodic oral evaluation.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health (KL2TR000143) TYPE OF STUDY/DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study
  
  
  METHODS
  Level 2: Limited-quality, patientoriented evidence
  
  
  METHODS
  Not applicable.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Dentistry and Community Oral Health Sciences, Maurice H. Kornberg School of Dentistry, Temple University, 3223 N Broad Street, Room L218, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA, Tel.: +1 215 707 1773. Electronic address: Marisol@temple.edu.
authors.forename: Marisol
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tellez
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Dentistry and Community Oral Health Sciences, Maurice H. Kornberg School of Dentistry, Temple University, 3223 N Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA, Tel.: +1 215 707 7006. Electronic address: Vinodh.Bhoopathi@temple.edu.
authors.forename: Vinodh
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bhoopathi
authors.affiliation: Consultant, Maurice H. Kornberg School of Dentistry, Temple University, 3223 N Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA. Electronic address: lsw1227@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Sungwoo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lim
mesh_terms: D015331:Cohort Studies; D003731:Dental Caries; D006801:Humans; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012308:Risk Management