Assessment of the validity of HLD (CalMod) in identifying orthodontic treatment need

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 50-57

  Cooke, Mary ^a   Gerbert, Barbara ^b   Gansky, Stuart ^b   Miller, Arthur ^b   Nelson, Gerald ^b   Orellana, Maria ^b  

^a Private Practice   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Malocclusion; Orthodontics; Public health policy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARE; FEMALE; GROUP PRACTICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORTHODONTICS; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; DENTAL MODELS; FEMALE; GROUP PRACTICE, DENTAL; HUMANS; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORTHODONTICS; ORTHODONTICS, CORRECTIVE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 74049108198     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: 16000528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2009.00506.x     Document Type: Article

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