For debate: Problems with the DMF index pertinent to dental caries data analysis

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 400-409

  Broadbent, J M ^a   Thomson, W M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Adjustment for reversals; Dentistry; Incidence density; Longitudinal study; Missing teeth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DENTAL CARIES; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; NEW ZEALAND; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DENTAL CARIES; DMF INDEX; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEW ZEALAND; TOOTH LOSS;

EID: 33644680572     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: 16000528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2005.00259.x     Document Type: Review

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