ICDAS shared vision

  • ICDAS is a clinical scoring system for use in dental education, clinical practice, research, and epidemiology.
  • ICDAS is designed to: lead to better quality information to inform decisions about appropriate diagnosis, prognosis, and clinical management at both the indivdual and public health levels.
  • and ICDAS provides a framework to support and enable personalised total caries management for improved long term health outcomes.

ICDAS Foundation Members

The International Caries Detection and Assessment System framework is a not-for-profit organisation whose activities are overseen and governed by a Board of Directors and a coordinating Committee.

Downloads

  1. The Rationale and Evidence for the International Caries Detection and Assessment System (ICDAS II)
  2. Criteria Manual for the International Caries Detection and Assessment System (ICDAS II)
  3. Modified PDF version (2009) of Criteria Manual for the International Caries Detection and Assessment System (ICDAS II)
For further information please contact: Dr. Gail Douglas - ICDAS Co-ordinator

Core ICDAS Criteria 2010

  • For use on coronal and root surfaces, as well as caries adjacent to restorations and sealants.
  • These unifying, predominantly clinical, criteria code a range of the characteristics of clean, dry teeth in a consistent way that promotes the valid comparison of results between studies, settings, and locations.
  • ICDAS criterian record both enamel and dentine caries and explore the measurement of caries activity in all of the domains below.

The ICDAS Detection Codes are in use now and are recommended.
The ICDAS Assessment Codes are part of a developing research agenda.
The ICDAS System provides an evidence-based framework to validate and explore the impact of existing and new technology aids to caries diagnosis.

 

Board of Directors

Nigel Pitts University of Dundee, UK
Amid Ismail Temple University, USA
Dom Zero University of Indiana, USA
Kim Ekstrand University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Gail Douglas Leeds Dental Institute, UK

Coordinating Committee

Nigel Pitts (co-chair) University of Dundee, UK
Amid Ismail (co-chair) Temple University, USA
Eggertsson, Hafsteinn University of Indiana, USA
Ekstrand, Kim University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Deery, Chris University of Sheffield, UK
Douglas, Gail Leeds Dental Institute, UK
Kingman, Al NIDCR, USA
Kolker, Justine University of Iowa, USA
Longbottom, Chris University of Dundee, UK
Martignon, Stefania University El-Bosque, Colombia
Ricketts, David University of Dundee, UK
Sohn, Woosung University of Michigan, USA
Zandona, Andrea Ferreira University of Indiana, USA
Zero, Dom University of Indiana, USA