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The shared vision
for ICDAS is:
¤ ICDAS is a clinical scoring system for use in dental
education,
clinical practice, research, and epidemiology.
¤ ICDAS is designed to: lead to better quality information to
inform
decisions about appropriate diagnosis, prognosis, and clinical
management at both the indivdual and public health levels.
and
¤ ICDAS provides a framework to support and enable
personalised
total caries management for improved long term health outcomes.
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International Caries Detection
& Assessment System

The clinical framework for
implementing ICDAS-enabled, patient-centred caries management. For
further explanation see Pitts, 2009, Monographs in Oral Science,
KARGER chapter 1. |
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