Isokangas P, Alanen P, Tiekso J
Ylivieska Health Care Center, Finland.
Community Dent Oral Epidemiol. 1993 Feb;21(1):8-10. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1993.tb00709.x.
The average clinician's ability to identify caries risk children without any saliva tests was studied in field conditions. The results suggest that a clinician can reach a high level in prediction of future caries occurrence through the use of clinical and sociodemographic information routinely available at annual clinical examinations.