PMID: 8954218Oct 1, 1996Paper

Adjustment of the M-component of the DMFS index for prevalence studies of older adults

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology
H P LawrenceG G Koch

Abstract

Cross-sectional studies of caries in older adults report a substantial number of missing teeth, making it difficult to estimate caries experience accurately. The goal of this study was to improve the method of estimating caries experience as expressed by the DMFS index in population groups with missing teeth. The adjustment was demonstrated with reference to the Piedmont 65+ Dental Study conducted on a random sample of 363 community-dwelling older adults in North Carolina who were followed for 5 years. These older dentate adults had a mean (+/-SE) of 11.7 +/- 0.5 teeth missing at baseline, 56.1 +/- 2.5 missing surfaces and a DMFS of 86.7 +/- 2.0. A predicted caries prevalence was determined from the DFS at 5 yrs plus the 5-yr DFS incidence and the baseline DFS of teeth lost during the study period. Then a formula was developed that would estimate the predicted caries prevalence as a function of the observed 5-yr DMFS. This formula provided a good estimation of caries prevalence at 5 yrs (DMFSadj) when compared with the predicted prevalence (paired t-test, p > 0.05), while prevalence was underestimated by the DFS and greatly overestimated by the traditional DMFS index. Subgroup analyses by race, sex, and periodontal status also ...Continue Reading

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Feb 1, 1997·Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology·J D BeckG G Koch
Jul 14, 1999·Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology·G D Slade, D J Caplan
Jan 29, 2013·Acta Odontologica Scandinavica·Amelie Meyer-BäumerBernadette Pretzl
Mar 11, 2008·Dental Clinics of North America·Amit ChattopadhyayWoosung Sohn
Nov 3, 2005·Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology·J M Broadbent, W M Thomson
Mar 8, 2013·Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology·Jersey LiangJames Beck
Aug 3, 2004·Journal of Dental Research·L A ManclT A DeRouen
Mar 5, 2013·Journal of Dental Research·G D SladeA J Spencer

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