The dental caries experience of 14-year-old children in the United Kingdom. Surveys coordinated by the British Association for the Study of Community Dentistry in 1998/99

Community Dental Health

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 48-53

  Pitts, N B ^a,c   Evans, D J ^b   Nugent, Z J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b Newcastle Health Authority   (United Kingdom)

^c DUNDEE DENTAL HOSPITAL AND SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caries prevalence; Dental caries; Dental epidemiology; National surveys; Oral health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL SURGERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; COMMUNITY DENTISTRY; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HEALTH SURVEYS; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DMF INDEX; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0034153785     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (6)

1. Mitropoulos, C., Pitts, N.B. and Deery, C. (1992): British Association for the Study of Community Dentistry BASCD trainer's pack for caries prevalence studies 1992/93. Dundee: University of Dundee.
2. Pine, C., Pitts, N.B., and Nugent, Z.J. (1997): British Association for the Study of Community Dentistry (BASCD) guidance on sampling for surveys of child dental health. A BASCD coordinated dental epidemiology programme quality standard. Community Dental Health 14, (Suppl 1) 10-17.
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4. Pitts, N.B., Evans, D.J., and Pine, C. (1997): British Association for the study of Community Dentistry (BASCD) diagnostic criteria for caries prevalence surveys - 1996/97. Community Dental Health 14, (Suppl 1) 6-9.
5. Pitts, N.B. and Fyffe H.E. (1988): The effect of varying diagnostic thresholds upon clinical caries data for a low prevalence group. Journal of Dental Research 67, 592-596.
6. Pitts, N.B. and Palmer, J. (1994): The dental caries experience of 5-, 12- and 14-year-old children in Great Britain. Surveys coordinated by the British Association for the Study of Community Dentistry in 1991/92, 1992/93 and 1990-91. Community Dental Health 11, 42-52.