The Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors (ASTDD)Basic Screening Survey (BSS)manual outlines two approaches for assessing severity related to dental caries.These include:
1)facial or buccal surface decay.
2)rampant decay.
3)number of quadrants with untreated decay.
4)depth of decay.

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Although these indicators are not included in the National Oral Health Surveillance System and have not been standardized for surveys,the ASTDD BSS manual outlines two approaches to assessing severity related to dental caries.These include rampant decay (an individual has seven or more teeth with untreated or treated decay;no or yes)and number of quadrants with untreated decay (record the number of quadrants with untreated decay;e.g. ,0,1,2,3,or 4).