Risk Assessment

Question 1

What is the definition of a risk?

Answer 1

probability that an individual will get a specific disease in a given period.

Question 2

how is risk assessment defined?

Answer 2

Act of determining the likelihood of a disease occuring in the future based on the balance between risk factors and protective factors.

Question 3

what is the definition of periodontal disease?

Answer 3

factors associated with developing the disease or influencing the progression of disease that already exists?

Question 4

What are the different types of risk assessments?

Answer 4

Dentistry: Caries
Oral cancer
Periodontal disease

Other: Diabetes
Heart disease
hypertension
Obesity
Cancer
Insurability

Question 5

What is the purpose of risk assessment?

Answer 5

• develop or modify treatment plan
• use patients own risk factors to educate patient
• educate about individual oral health problems
• provide factual information
• relate oral health findings to behavorial habits
• educate about behavioral modification methods.

Question 6

What are some sources and selection of risks?

Answer 6

mh dh social history clinincal examination and radiographs, patients perception/ health beliefs

Question 7

What are risk factors?

Answer 7

exposures behaviors lifestyles genes and or condiitons that if present will increase the likelihood of a disease occuring.

Question 8

What are the description of risk factors?

Answer 8

• Influence ones susceptibilty to disease
• number and type modify onset, degree and severity of the disease
• exposure to risk factor must occur prior to disease onset
• directly related to disease occurrence

Question 9

What are two categories of risk factors?

Answer 9

modifiable (environemental and behavioral) and nonmodifiable ( intrinsic to individual and referred to as risk determinants).

Question 10

How are risk factors identified?

Answer 10

• longitudinal and interventional study associations.
• interventional studies able to give evidence of the benefits of eliminating risk factor.

Question 11

What are some risk indicators and markers?

Answer 11

indicators: exposures, behaviors, lifestyes, genes and or conditions that are associated with increased risk for the dosease but evidence does not support conclusively the association, probable risk factors.

Markers: predicators for disease occurrence

Identification: based on observations in cross sectional and case controlled studies.