Risk assessment criteria applied to a screening exam: Implications for improving the efficiency of a sealant program

Journal of Public Health Dentistry

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 203-208

  Badovinac, Rachel L ^a   Morgan, Kelly E ^a   Lefevre, Joyce ^c   Wadhawan, Sangeeta ^c   Mucci, Lorelei ^a   Schoeff, Lynn ^b   Douglass, Chester W ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Harvard School of Public Health ^*

^c Cambridge Public Health Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental caries; Public health dentistry; Screening exam; Sensitivity and specificity

Indexed keywords

FISSURE SEALANT;

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; DENTITION; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MOLAR TOOTH; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; DENTITION, PERMANENT; DENTITION, PRIMARY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MOLAR; PIT AND FISSURE SEALANTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 30444435596     PISSN: 00224006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-7325.2005.tb03019.x     Document Type: Article

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