What is it about?
Technology has become a fundamental part of our daily life. It has been delivered to our fingertips since the first smartphone arrived in market. In this regard, Cariogram has been developed to bring caries prevention to the fingertips. This particular caries assessment method was selected for the study as it is considered one of the most reliable models as per reports.
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Why is it important?
The present generations are tech-savvy and are governed by the use of mobile apps for day-to-day basic tasks performance. Cell phones have brought a whole new meaning to the term multitasking. Many of these apps aid individual behavioral change toward health and fitness, and one among them is oral health. It stipulates the probability of avoiding new carious lesions. The susceptibility rate of caries is higher in children usually due to the casual attitude towards oral hygiene habits and frequent snacking on carbohydrates and sugar
Perspectives
"Cariogram- Caries Risk Assessment" is published which is packaged with a questionnaire to help estimate the caries risk. It is an attempt to employ technology in every household to assist in the prevention of dental caries. The results obtained from the application “Cariogram – Caries Risk Assessment” enables the classification of school children as low, moderate, and high caries risk, and the moderate risk group was predominant in this study. “Cariogram – Caries Risk Assessment” mobile dental app is more comfortable and portable to the users as compared to the standard operating systems such as personal computers, which gives this app an edge over them for use in prospective clinical studies.
Dr. Madhusudhan K Siddaiah
Krishnadevaraya College of Dental Sciences, India
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This page is a summary of: Determination of Caries Risk by Your Fingertips – A Mobile Application Based Study, RGUHS Journal of Dental Sciences, January 2022, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences,
DOI: 10.26715/rjds.14_1_3.
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