Recording risk factors for disease

Recording risk factors for disease

The following tips and resources may be useful when organising systems for your practice to recognise, record and highlight periodontal risk.

• Collect information on the patient’s risk factors before the appointment on a dedicated periodontal risk factor inquiry form. 
  • A template risk factor inquiry form is available to download. 

• Once an increased periodontal risk is recognised, flag this in your computer software so that the whole team is aware. 

• If the discussion about risk factor takes place in the surgery, the dental nurse can record the details of the conversation while the clinician discusses the situation with the patient.

• Use the risk assessment tool to:    
  • generate an individual risk profile to discuss with the patient  
  • record the risk profile and discussion in the case records