Caries risk
Generally speaking, ‘risk’ is the probability that some harmful event will occur. Risk is often defined as the probability of an ‘unwanted’ event occurring within a specified period of time. Caries risk is the probability that an individual will develop carious lesions, reaching a given stage of the disease in progression during a specified period of time, conditional that the exposure status for risk factors remains stable during the period in question. Thus, Caries risk relates to the likelihood of a person developing caries lesions or not.