Validity of two methods for assessing oral health status of populations

Journal of Public Health Dentistry

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 206-214

  Beltrán, Eugenio D ^a   Malvitz, Dolores M ^b   Eklund, Stephen A ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Oral health assessment; Questionnaire; Reliability; Screenings; Surveillance; Validity; Visual tactile examination

Indexed keywords

FISSURE SEALANT;

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL ASSISTANT; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL SURGERY; DENTIST; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; NURSE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PARENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; TOOTH DISEASE; TOOTH INJURY; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; DENTAL CARE FOR CHILDREN; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HYGIENISTS; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DENTISTS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; GEORGIA; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; NURSES; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORAL HEALTH; PARENTS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PIT AND FISSURE SEALANTS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOOTH INJURIES;

EID: 0031219236     PISSN: 00224006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-7325.1997.tb02977.x     Document Type: Article

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