Into the Future: Keeping Healthy Teeth Caries Free: Pediatric CAMBRA Protocols

Early childhood caries prevalence has increased significantly in children ages 2-5 years.1 ECC disproportionately affects lower socioeconomic and minority groups, is a predictor for future decay, but is preventable and manageable.2 Caries risk assessment systematically derives a patient’s caries risk and is important during an infant oral health visit beginning at age 1. Information obtained through a risk assessment can guide a disease management care path tailored to an individual’s age and risk to effectively treat and manage one’s caries disease process.3