When it comes to Caries Risk Assessment, many doctors complain of the complexity. While the disease is complex, after years and years of work, Dr. Kutsch has developed super-simple diagnostic guidelines:

LOW CARIES RISK CDT D0601 (Only green answers)

No Risk Factors / Healthy

MODERATE CARIES RISK   CDT D0602 (At least 1 yellow answer)

+ Risk Factors

HIGH CARIES RISK   CDT D0603 (At least 1 red answer)

+ Disease Indicators

Let’s look at a real example of diagnosing a patient.

This patient works the night shift and reported drinking a lot of energy drinks, her home care could be better, and she had a high bacterial count.

She has multiple red answers, therefore falls into the extreme risk category (DO603)