Diet’s Cariogenicity and Healthfulness Index (DCHI) - A Novel, Comprehensive Index for Children
Background: Realistic and tailored dietary advice plays a vital role in Preventive Dentistry. An appropriate diet analysis forms the basis for precise dietary advice. Analysis of diet for its cariogenicity is a complex process. Performing a meaningful diet analysis is a challenge in routine clinical...
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| author | Raghavendra Shanbhog H. P. Chanchala K. T. Srilatha B. Madhu S.N. Manjunatha |
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Realistic and tailored dietary advice plays a vital role in Preventive Dentistry. An appropriate diet analysis forms the basis for precise dietary advice. Analysis of diet for its cariogenicity is a complex process. Performing a meaningful diet analysis is a challenge in routine clinical practice. Currently, very few tools are available for clinicians to assess children’s diet relating to caries risk. The current scientific paper presents a novel index that assesses the cariogenicity and healthfulness of a child’s diet objectively and guides the professional to achieve pragmatic diet modification in the prevention of dental caries.
Methods:
Multi-disciplinary teams with a sample study population were involved in the initial structuring of Diet’s Cariogenicity and Healthfulness Index. To obtain cut-off values for cariogenicity of diet, a study was carried out with a sample of 774 children correlating diet diary with caries status. For statistics, the Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curve closest to the ideal of 100% sensitivity and 100% specificity was applied.
Results:
ROC curve of 22.5 were plotted for diet scores for its cariogenicity. The sensitivity, specificity, and area under the curve of these cut-off values were 70 and 95, respectively.
Conclusions:
The current scientific paper presents a novel Diet’s Cariogenicity and Healthfulness Index that assesses the cariogenicity and healthfulness of a child’s diet objectively to guide the professional to achieve a logical diet modification. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-aa490619add64b35a69fd27a037f48d12025-02-07T15:30:36ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIndian Journal of Dental Research0970-92901998-36032023-10-0134438138610.4103/ijdr.ijdr_186_21Diet’s Cariogenicity and Healthfulness Index (DCHI) - A Novel, Comprehensive Index for ChildrenRaghavendra ShanbhogH. P. ChanchalaK. T. SrilathaB. MadhuS.N. ManjunathaBackground: Realistic and tailored dietary advice plays a vital role in Preventive Dentistry. An appropriate diet analysis forms the basis for precise dietary advice. Analysis of diet for its cariogenicity is a complex process. Performing a meaningful diet analysis is a challenge in routine clinical practice. Currently, very few tools are available for clinicians to assess children’s diet relating to caries risk. The current scientific paper presents a novel index that assesses the cariogenicity and healthfulness of a child’s diet objectively and guides the professional to achieve pragmatic diet modification in the prevention of dental caries. Methods: Multi-disciplinary teams with a sample study population were involved in the initial structuring of Diet’s Cariogenicity and Healthfulness Index. To obtain cut-off values for cariogenicity of diet, a study was carried out with a sample of 774 children correlating diet diary with caries status. For statistics, the Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curve closest to the ideal of 100% sensitivity and 100% specificity was applied. Results: ROC curve of 22.5 were plotted for diet scores for its cariogenicity. The sensitivity, specificity, and area under the curve of these cut-off values were 70 and 95, respectively. Conclusions: The current scientific paper presents a novel Diet’s Cariogenicity and Healthfulness Index that assesses the cariogenicity and healthfulness of a child’s diet objectively to guide the professional to achieve a logical diet modification.https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/ijdr.ijdr_186_21cariogenicitychildrendental caries and healthdiet counsellingdiet’s cariogenicity and healthfulness index |
| spellingShingle | Raghavendra Shanbhog H. P. Chanchala K. T. Srilatha B. Madhu S.N. Manjunatha Diet’s Cariogenicity and Healthfulness Index (DCHI) - A Novel, Comprehensive Index for Children Indian Journal of Dental Research cariogenicity children dental caries and health diet counselling diet’s cariogenicity and healthfulness index |
| title | Diet’s Cariogenicity and Healthfulness Index (DCHI) - A Novel, Comprehensive Index for Children |
| title_full | Diet’s Cariogenicity and Healthfulness Index (DCHI) - A Novel, Comprehensive Index for Children |
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| title_short | Diet’s Cariogenicity and Healthfulness Index (DCHI) - A Novel, Comprehensive Index for Children |
| title_sort | diet s cariogenicity and healthfulness index dchi a novel comprehensive index for children |
| topic | cariogenicity children dental caries and health diet counselling diet’s cariogenicity and healthfulness index |
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