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The main objective of caries risk assessment in dentistry is to deliver preventive and restorative care to an individual patient many factors may affect the caries susceptibility of different individuals caries risk assessment of a person can be done by caries activity tests assessment of a caries risk at. Objectives the aim of this study was to assess the validity of a new caries activity test that uses dental plaque acidogenicity in children with deciduous dentition study design ninety two children under the age of three years old underwent clinical examination using the dft index and examinations with two caries activity tests plaque samples for the new cariviewr test and the saliva . The diagnosis of tooth decay must go beyond the clinical detection of a carious lesion the practitioner should assess the individuals risk factors as well as the activity of the lesion our traditional instrumentation has limitations therefore researchers are urged to find new diagnostic tools t . The cariscreen caries susceptibility test is a simple 1 minute chair side bacterial test for assessing patients caries risk after years of biofilm research from leading experts we now understand that there are numerous strains of acid producing bacteria which play a role in the caries infection. Caries activity test 1 caries activity tests dr sucheta prabhu second year mds 29 06 2017 2 questions asked previously short essays 1snyders test 2caries activity indicators 3caries succeptibility 4application of cariogenecity tests in prevention of dental caries 3