Table 4.
Proposed 10-risk factors system used to assign dental patients to their respective DFMI category.
| Category |
Category A |
Category B |
Category C |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Factor | ||||
| Systemic Disease∗ | □ ASA I | □ ASA II | □ ASA 3 or higher | |
| Compliance | □ Good | □ Inconsistent | □ Poor | |
| Plaque Index | □ < 30% | □ 30–40% | □ > 40% | |
| Bleeding on Probing | □ < 10% | □ 10–20% | □ > 20% | |
| Caries Risk Assessment | □ Low | □ Moderate | □ High or extremely high | |
| Root canal treated teeth | □ No periapical pathology | □ Asymptomatic periapical pathology | □ Symptomatic periapical pathology | |
| Fixed implant-borne Prosthesis | □ None | □ Single | □ Multiple | |
| Fixed Tooth-borne Prosthesis | □ ≤ 4 units | □ > 4 units | □ Complicated | |
| Removable Prosthesis | □ None | □ Uncomplicated | □ Complicated | |
| Para-functional Habits | □ Absent | □ Controlled | □ Uncontrolled | |
| Total number of checks∗∗ |  |
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|
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| Patient Overall Risk | A – Low | B – Medium | C – High | |
| Recall Interval | 12 months | 6 months | 3 months | |
∗ ASA categorization will include modifiers that are considered on case-by-case basis.
∗∗ The higher category checked dictates the final patient risk assessment and not the number of checks in one category. Example: If checklist result is 9 in category A and 1 in category B, patient risk assessment is medium risk.