The Caries Assessment Spectrum and Treatment (CAST) index: Face and content validation

International Dental Journal

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 270-276

  De Souza, Ana L ^a,b   Van Der Sanden, Wil J M ^a   Leal, Soraya C ^b   Frencken, Jo E ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

caries assessment spectrum and treatment; caries assessment spectrum and treatment index; Delphi technique; dental caries; DMF index; epidemiology; international caries detection and assessment system; validation studies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DELPHI STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; DENTAL CARIES; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84868119286     PISSN: 00206539     EISSN: 1875595X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1875-595X.2012.00121.x     Document Type: Article

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