Development of a periodontitis risk assessment model for primary care providers in an interdisciplinary setting.

Journal: Technology and health care : official journal of the European Society for Engineering and Medicine
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Periodontitis (PD), a form of gum disease, is a major public health concern as it is globally prevalent and harms both individual quality of life and economic productivity. Global cost in lost productivity is estimated at US$54 billion annually. Moreover, current PD assessment applies only after the damage has already occurred.

Authors

  • Neel Shimpi
  • Susan McRoy
    University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
  • Huimin Zhao
    Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA. zhao5@illinois.edu.
  • Min Wu
    Guizhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guiyang, Guizhou Province, China.
  • Amit Acharya