METHOD OF ASSESSING ORAL HEALTH RISK
First Claim
1. A computer implemented method of determining an oral health risk status of a patient, said method comprising the steps of:
- receiving diagnostic data pertaining to said patient from an oral health detection device;
receiving risk factor data pertaining to said patient;
processing said diagnostic data and said risk factor data on a processor to determine an oral health risk status of said patient, wherein said step of processing said diagnostic data and said risk factor data comprises;
determining one or more diagnostic risk measures based on said diagnostic data;
determining one or more patient risk measures based on said risk factor data; and
combining said risk measures to obtain an integrated risk measure associated with said oral health risk status of said patient.
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Abstract
A method of oral health risk assessment is provided in which diagnostic data from an oral health detection device and patient risk factor data is processed to provide a integrated risk measure relating to a patient'"'"'s dental health. The patient risk factor data preferably includes risk factor data such as pathological risk factors, protective risk factors, historical factors, self care factors, behavioral factors, and extrinsic factors. The integrated risk assessment and patient data is preferably provided to a remote server for access by various authorized stakeholders.
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63 Claims
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1. A computer implemented method of determining an oral health risk status of a patient, said method comprising the steps of:
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receiving diagnostic data pertaining to said patient from an oral health detection device; receiving risk factor data pertaining to said patient; processing said diagnostic data and said risk factor data on a processor to determine an oral health risk status of said patient, wherein said step of processing said diagnostic data and said risk factor data comprises; determining one or more diagnostic risk measures based on said diagnostic data; determining one or more patient risk measures based on said risk factor data; and combining said risk measures to obtain an integrated risk measure associated with said oral health risk status of said patient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 62, 63)
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43. A computer implemented method of obtaining data relating to a clinical trial for an oral product, therapy or treatment, said method comprising the steps of:
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obtaining diagnostic data pertaining to a plurality of patients in said clinical trial from an oral detection device; obtaining risk factor data pertaining to each patient of said plurality of patients; processing said diagnostic data and said risk factor data on a processor to determine an oral health risk status of said each patient, wherein said step of processing said diagnostic data and said risk factor data comprises; determining one or more diagnostic risk measures based on said diagnostic data; determining one or more patient risk measures based on said risk factor data; and combining said risk measures to obtain an integrated risk measure associated with said oral health risk status of said each patient; administering one of a product, therapy and oral treatment to said patients; and h) performing steps a)-f) to obtain post-treatment integrated risk measures associated with said oral health risk status of each patient.
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44. A computer implemented method of determining an oral health risk assessment for a patient population, said method comprising the steps of:
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obtaining diagnostic data pertaining to each patient in said patient population with an oral health detection device; obtaining risk factor data pertaining to each patient; processing said diagnostic data and said risk factor data on a processor to determine an oral health risk status of said each patient, wherein said step of processing said diagnostic data and said risk factor data comprises; determining one or more diagnostic risk measure based on said diagnostic data; determining one or more patient risk measures based on said risk factor data; and combining said risk measures to obtain an integrated risk measure associated with said oral health risk status of said each patient. - View Dependent Claims (45)
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46. A system for determining an oral health risk status of a patient, said system comprising:
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a data interface for receiving diagnostic data from an oral detection device and risk factor data, wherein said diagnostic data and said risk factor data pertains to said patient; a processor for processing said diagnostic data and said risk factor data to determine an oral health risk status of said patient, said processor programmed with computer-readable instructions to; determine one or more diagnostic risk measures based on said diagnostic data; determine one or more patient risk measure based on said risk factor data; and combine said risk measures to obtain an integrated risk measure associated with said oral health risk status of said patient; and an output means for one of displaying, recording, and exporting said integrated risk measure. - View Dependent Claims (47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54)
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55. A method of determining a health status of an oral tissue, said method comprising the steps of:
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a) irradiating said tissue with an optical beam; b) measuring a photothermal signal comprising an amplitude and phase signal from said tissue; c) measuring a luminescence signal comprising an amplitude and phase signal from said tissue; d) comparing said signals with reference signals; and e) determining a health status measure based one said comparison. - View Dependent Claims (56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61)
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