Abstract

RUBIO COLAVIDA, Jesús Miguel et al. Minimum criteria for epidemiological dental health studies in school children. Rev. Esp. Salud Publica [online]. 1997, vol.71, n.3, pp.231-242. ISSN 2173-9110.

Epidemiological studies of oral health in schools constitute a basic instrument for planning prevention and dental health programs. This paper sets forth some minimum common elements in the design, execution, and analysis of such studies, and presents a method for the adjustment of examining teams, index ages, diagnostic criteria, classification of dental malocclusions, and indicators for analysis of results.

Keywords : Oral epidemiological studies; Calibration of examiners; Diagnosis of caries; Dental malocclusions.

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