Patent ID: 8439681

Claim:
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, wherein at least one of said diagnostic risk measures is obtained by processing a measured diagnostic value and one or more previously measured diagnostic values for said patient, and relating a rate of change of said measured diagnostic value to a risk of developing a deterioration in oral health; determining one or more patient risk measures based on said risk factor data; and combining said diagnostic risk measures and said patient risk measures to obtain an integrated risk measure associated with said oral health risk status of said patient.