New Cario-Analyse salivary diagnostics

New Cario-Analyse delivers quantitative and qualitative diagnosis of bacterial load with identification of Lactobacillus spp. and Streptococcus mutans, total flora and measurement of buffering capacity of saliva.

This information about an individual's caries risk and state of carious lesions can be used in making a personalised treatment plan. Recent studies have successfully identified patients with a high or low risk of primary caries by using Classification and Regression Trees (CART) according to the number of specific cariogenic bacteria, as well as those at risk of secondary caries according to the number of particular bacteria and previous caries experience. This information assists in planning a personalised regular preventive program with an interval appropriate to the individual's risk of caries. A great number of cases of caries disease patients can be maintained under control for years by dental professionals according to the use of biological risk assessment measures to guide clinical decision making.