Oral Health Risk Assessment

The Bright Futures/AAP “Recommendations for Preventive Pediatric Health Care, (ie, Periodicity Schedule) recommends all children receive a risk assessment at the 6- and 9-month visits. For the 12-, 18-, 24-, 30-month, and the 3- and 6-year visits, risk assessment should continue if a dental home has not been established. View the Bright Futures/AAP Periodicity Schedule.

Note: Patients who comply with annual visits to the dental home may have the risk assessment completed by the dental professional. If such records have not been retrieved from the dental home, the PPHP should complete the risk assessment at the health supervision visit.