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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. Dental caries susceptibility lab activity purpose determine the susceptibility to dental caries tooth decay caused primarily by lactobacilli and oral streptococci the cause of dental caries or cavities has been under investigation for decades. Dental caries susceptibility tests can help determine an individual patients risk for developing caries these tests measure the bacterial content of a patients saliva in order to detect the levels of caries causing bacteria these tests can help a practic identify the most at risk patients in order to provide the best preventive care possible. 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 tests have been well known in dentistry for the past few years however it is still difficult to determine which method is the best to estimate the possibility of caries occurrence in individuals a good caries prediction test which can indicate its value in predicting the future occurrence of caries is required