What clinicians mean by perio risk
A short primer on perio risk classification for non-clinical readers.
Practice managerPatient· 4 min · Updated 8 Apr 2026
In plain language
Perio risk is a clinician's estimate of how likely a patient is to lose attachment around their teeth in the coming year — based on probing depths, bleeding, smoking, diabetes, and family history.
Why it matters
Risk classification drives the recall cadence and the conversation about home care. A "stable, low risk" patient and a "moderate, progressing" patient need different visits.
Faurenis's approach
Faurenis surfaces the most recent risk classification on every chart open and tracks pocket-depth deltas across visits so the clinician can quickly see whether the patient is gaining or losing ground.
Risks & safeguards
- Risk is the clinician's judgement, not Faurenis's — the product surfaces signals, the clinician sets the class.