Total observed caries experience: assessing the effectiveness of community-based caries prevention
Objectives: To compare common measures for dental caries in longitudinal caries research in support of a new measure, the Total Observed Caries Experience (TOCE). Methods: TOCE was calculated as the total number of decayed or filled teeth ever observed. TOCE was compared to dmft, DMFT, and the preva...
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Blackwell Publishing Inc.
2018
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