comparison of dental caries risk assessment using carisk - a simple mobile based application and who deft, dmft scores: a cross sectional study

Statement of the problem: it is essential to address caries risk at an early stage for the prevention of dental caries. mobile application carisk is designed in a particular way to self-assess the dental caries risk by the individual’s themselves.purpose: the current study aimed to assess the dental caries risk among age groups 5-6 and 35-44 using self-assessment caries risk mobile application carisk and compare it with the deft and dmft values.materials and method: this cross-sectional study was conducted in chennai, india; to evaluate the risk of dental caries in children aged 5 to 6 and adults aged 35 to 44. the scores of the mobile application carisk and the decayed- extracted- filled teeth (deft)/ decayed-missing-filled-teeth (dmft) caries risk assessment were evaluated. descriptive statistics were performed. the risk category was determined by frequency. chi-square analysis was done to determine whether the dmft scores and the carisk mobile app were associated. the correlation was performed between the carisk mobile application and dmft scores.results: association was found between the caries risk assessment score of the mobile application carisk and the dmft and deft scores of the adults and children for both the age groups 5-6 and 35-44 years respectively and it indicates that it was found to be statistically significant. pearson’s correlation was performed to assess the strength of association and r-values obtained for the age group 5-6 and 35-44 years respectively, which was statistically significant (0.892 and 0.840).conclusion: this carisk mobile application scores correlate with the deft and dmft scores and it is an effective self-diagnosis tool for assessing dental caries risk assessment. further, it is suggested that the mobile application carisk should be tested among a huge population.