| Risk Factors | Intervention Strategies |
| Physical: Examples | |
| Gingivitis | Treatment of disease |
| Puberty | Preventive measures to address oral effects |
| Pregnancy | Preventive measures to address oral effects |
| Mouthbreathing | Management of mouthbreathing |
| Malpositioned or crowded teeth | Orthodontic care |
| Genetic predisposition | Preventive intervention to minimize effects |
| Anatomical variations (e.g., frenum) | Surgical correction |
| Behavioral: Examples | |
| Poor oral hygiene | Good oral hygiene |
| Tobacco use | Tobacco-use cessation |
| Birth control pills | Preventive measures to minimize effects |
| Socioenvironmental: Examples | |
| Poverty | Access to care |
| Poor family oral health | Access to care and good oral hygiene |
| Disease or Treatment Related: Examples | |
| Infectious disease (e.g., HIV/AIDS) | Treatment of disease and preventive intervention to minimize effects |
| Medications (e.g., calcium channel blockers) | Preventive intervention to minimize effects |
| Unrestored or poorly restored tooth decay | Properly contoured and finished restorations |
| Metabolic disease (e.g., diabetes) | Treatment of disease |
| Neoplastic disease (e.g., leukemia or its treatment) | Treatment of disease and preventive intervention to minimize effects |
| Injury | Use of age-appropriate safety measures and treatment of injury |
| Nutritional deficiencies (e.g., vitamin C) | Good eating behaviors |