Continue Care is the Life of the Dental Practice
Welcome to CariesCare International
Promoting a patient-centred risk-based approach to caries management designed for dental practice
Welcome to CariesCare International
Promoting a patient-centred risk-based approach to caries management designed for dental practice.
What is cariescare international?
CariesCare International is a charity promoting a patient-centred, risk-based approach to caries management designed for dental practice. This comprises a health outcomes-focused system that aims to maintain oral health and preserve tooth structure in the long-term.
What does CariesCare International aim to do?
It shares the same goals as the International Caries Classification and Management System (ICCMS), which are to:
- Prevent new caries lesions from appearing
- Prevent existing caries lesions from advancing further
- Preserve tooth structure with non-operative care at more initial stages and conservative operative care at more extensive caries stages
- Manage caries risk factors
- Be alert to changes at both the tooth and patient levels through periodic monitoring and review
- Improve health outcomes for patients.
Who is the CariesCare practice guide for?
It is designed to help dentists and healthcare teams help patients of all ages to control the caries process and maintain health.
How can the CariesCare practice guide be used?
It guides the dental team through a four-step structured process, leading to personalised interventions specific for each individual patient's risks and needs. The four interlinked steps in the cycle all start with 'D': 1st D: Determine caries-risk; 2nd D: Detect lesions, stage their severity and assess their activity status; 3rd D: Decide on the most appropriate care plan for the specifc patient at that time; and then 4th D: Do the preventive and tooth-preserving care which is needed (including risk-appropriate preventive care; control of initial non-cavitated lesions; and conservative restorative treatment of deep dentinal and cavitated caries lesions). These are referred to in CariesCare International as the four Ds.
How can the CariesCare practice guide be used?
It guides the dental team through a four-step structured process, leading to personalised interventions specific for each individual patient's risks and needs. The four interlinked steps in the cycle all start with 'D': 1st D: Determine caries-risk; 2nd D: Detect lesions, stage their severity and assess their activity status; 3rd D: Decide on the most appropriate care plan for the specifc patient at that time; and then 4th D: Do the preventive and tooth-preserving care which is needed (including risk-appropriate preventive care; control of initial non-cavitated lesions; and conservative restorative treatment of deep dentinal and cavitated caries lesions). These are referred to in CariesCare International as the four Ds.
hOW IT WORKS
Each D has a patient perspective and guidelines for the practitioner - view these details below
hOW IT WORKS
Each D has a patient perspective and guidelines for the practitioner - view these details below
The Patient Perspective:
Understanding their personal level of risk of disease is a key determinant of a patient's motivation to engage with healthcare and modify their own behavior to enhance their oral health. Patients who perceive that they are susceptible to a disease are more likely to take action to ameliorate the impact of that susceptibility.
The Patient Perspective:
Assessment is the foundation of all care planning. Practitioner and patient work together to create a shared understanding of the patients' current health status and their priorities. Conceiving of caries severity as a series of stages helps to identify the importance of both patient and practitioner behavior in modifying the disease process.
The Patient Perspective:
A core component of Patient Centred Care is the discussion of a shared personalized plan of care. The DECIDE stage focuses on identifying that plan and making it explicit. The co-creation of a care plan with the patient enhances the patients' understanding and commitment to the plan.
The Patient Perspective:
Having finalized a mutually agreed care plan in the DECIDE phase, the DO phase involves both the planning and implementation of that care plan. Planning is good for both the practitioners and patients – making an explicit plan has repeatedly been shown to ensure adherence to healthcare recommendations.
a complete guide for your convenience
Download our recent guidance here
Click on the buttons below to download the full CariesCare International Practice Guide and the example Clinical Case Study as published in the British Dental Journal.
a complete guide for your convenience
Download our recent guidance here
Click on the buttons below to download the full CariesCare International Practice Guide and the example Clinical Case Study as published in theBritish Dental Journal.
Source: https://cariescareinternational.com/
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