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- Changes in Salivary Matrix Metalloproteinase-8 Concentrations Are Not Associated with Oral Health during Early Adolescence.Caries research · 2025Article
- No-shows among children and adolescents in public oral health service: a retrospective register-based study from Finland.BMC oral health · 2025Article
- A Machine Learning Algorithm With an Oversampling Technique in Limited Data Scenarios for the Prediction of Present and Future Restorative Treatment Need: Development and Validation Study.JMIR medical informatics · 2025Article
- Oral findings in paediatric patients with severe heart, liver, and kidney failure prior to organ transplantation.European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry · 2024Article
- Concordance of Fathers and Mothers in the Assessment of Their 5-Year-Old Child's Dental Fear.Dentistry journal · 2024Article
- Deep carious lesions and their management among Finnish adolescents: a retrospective radiographic study.Clinical oral investigations · 2022Article
- Dental caries among Finnish teenagers participating in physical activity and diet intervention: association with anthropometrics and behavioural factors.BMC oral health · 2021Article
- Secular trends affect timing of emergence of permanent teeth.The Angle orthodontist · 2016Article
- Dental health of young children prenatally exposed to buprenorphine. A concern of child neglect?European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry · 2014Article
- Caries experience in primary teeth of four birth cohorts: a practice-based study.European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry · 2013Article
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Abstract
The objective was to assess the effect of examination rates on national caries indices of 5, 12 and 17-year-old children/adolescents in Finland. The data were gathered from patient records of the Public Dental Service (PDS) units (n=205, 73%) and from a national register. The data included PDS-specific total numbers of examined children/adolescents and means of decayed (d/D) teeth, dmft/DMFT-values and proportions of caries-free. For analytical purposes, the PDS-specific mean values weighted by the PDS population were calculated to imply the traditionally calculated figures. New PDS-specific examination-rate-adjusted mean values were calculated by using the predicted outcome values at 100% examination rates. The results showed that low examination rates were associated with slightly poorer oral health. The examination-rate-adjusted mean d/D- values indicated better oral health than the traditional indices. The adjustment slightly worsened oral health in proportions of caries-free, and had almost no effect on dmft/DMFT-value. Overall, the influence was modest. The high proportions of healthy children that are examined (against recommendation) and the relatively small number of those having extensive disease (frequently examined as recommended) probably mask the influence of examination rates on the indices in Finland. We conclude that in international comparisons, traditionally calculated indices seem to be sufficiently valid.
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