Dental health status and treatment needs of students at a disadvantaged secondary school, Victoria, Australia – 1975

Spencer, A. J.

doi:10.1111/j.1600-0528.1978.tb01153.x

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“…The complete restorative and exodontic needs of 80 secondary school students (47 boys and 33 girls with an average age of 13.3 years) were assessed by an inspeetion-type examination at a secondary school, during the retest phase of a survey ofdentai status and needs (10). The seven examiners participated in criteria discussions and calibration exercises prior to the survey.…”

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Diagonal half‐mouth recording of restorative and exodontic needs

Spencer

1980

Comm Dent Oral Epid

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Partial recording of dental caries prevalence and incidence has been frequently recommended and employed. The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that the partial recording of restorative and exodontic needs using an alternating diagonal half-mouth examination gives results which can accurately represent complete recording. Diagonal half-mouth recording was simulated by computer and gave results which closely represented the complete recording of the same sample of subjects. Partial recording lost a low proportion of the information collected by complete recording. Less frequently observed items of treatment showed highest proportions of information loss. If increases in the number of subjects in a sample can be achieved due to reductions in resources required for each subject, a proportional loss of information may be turned to a proportional gain of information. Reasons for the current recommendations against a diagonal half-mouth examination for the recording of restorative and exodontic needs are postulated and discussed.

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Diagonal half‐mouth recording of restorative and exodontic needs

Spencer

1980

Comm Dent Oral Epid

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Past association of fluoride vehicles with caries severity in Australian adolescents

Spencer

1986

Comm Dent Oral Epid

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Clarification of future changes in caries severity depends upon the identification and quantification of factors associated with past changes in caries severity. The present study quantified the association of three fluoride vehicles with caries severity in Australian adolescents between 1965 and 1978. The three fluoride vehicles were fluoridated water supplies, fluoride supplements and fluoride containing dentifrice. All three fluoride vehicles were significantly associated with caries severity over the period 1965 to 1978. The direction of the associations were all negative, while the magnitude of the regression coefficients indicated that the most important association was with fluoridated water supplies, followed by fluoride supplements, then fluoride containing dentifrice.

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The Estimation of Need for Dental Care

John Spencer

1980

J Public Health Dent

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This paper presents a background discussion of the estimation of normative need for dental care. Definitions are given which differentiate normative need for dental care from perceived need, demand, or utilization. Four different approaches to obtaining estimates of normative need for dental care are outlined. They are the translation of data from surveys of dental status, surveys of need for dental care, analyses of service or treatment records, and best judgment of dental practitioners. Present limitations within the four aproaches to estimating need to include factors such as objectivity, directness, completeness, precision, and extent of population coverage. Applications of estimates of need for dental care are identified in the areas of evaluation, setting of priorities, and planning of dental health programs. Current developments in the area of health services, including the concepts of an adequate minimum standard for personal health services, quality assurance, and rationing by need, are seen as providing some impetus for greater interest in need for dental care. Future directions in the estimation of dental needs will depend upon the validation of the approaches outlined, as well as general factors including costs of collecting data on dental status and need for dental care in population.

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Dental health status and treatment needs of students at a disadvantaged secondary school, Victoria, Australia – 1975

Cited by 4 publications

References 14 publications

Diagonal half‐mouth recording of restorative and exodontic needs

Diagonal half‐mouth recording of restorative and exodontic needs

Past association of fluoride vehicles with caries severity in Australian adolescents

The Estimation of Need for Dental Care

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