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ArticleCommunity dentistry and oral epidemiology2019

Development of toolkits for detecting dental caries and caries experience among children using self-report and parent report.

Marvin Marcus, Di Xiong, Yan Wang, Carl A Maida, Ron D Hays, Ian D Coulter, Vladimir W Spolsky, Steve Y Lee, Jie Shen, James J Crall and 1 more

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Article in Community dentistry and oral epidemiology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Marvin MarcusDivision of Public Health and Community Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.ORCID 0000-0002-4351-2060
Di XiongDivision of Public Health and Community Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.
Yan WangDivision of Public Health and Community Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.ORCID 0000-0002-4822-6514
Carl A MaidaDivision of Public Health and Community Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.ORCID 0000-0001-5940-9925
Ron D HaysDivision of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.
Ian D CoulterDivision of Public Health and Community Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.
Vladimir W SpolskyDivision of Public Health and Community Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.ORCID 0000-0002-0643-2475
Steve Y LeeSection of Restorative Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.
Jie ShenDivision of Public Health and Community Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.
James J CrallDivision of Public Health and Community Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.
Honghu LiuDivision of Public Health and Community Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.

Funding

Patient-Reported Oral Health Outcomes Measurement Information SystemU01DE022648 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI LIU, HONGHU · 2013 to 2016
$2.7M
NIDCR NIH HHS U01 DE022648
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTo develop child- and parent-reported toolkits for active caries and caries experience in children and adolescents, ages 8-17.

methodsA sample of 398 child/parent dyads recruited from 12 dental practices in Los Angeles County completed a computer-assisted survey that assessed oral health perceptions. In addition, children received a dental examination that identified the presence or absence of active caries and caries experience. A Multiple Adaptive Regression Splines model was used to identify a subset of survey items associated with active caries and caries experience. The splines and coefficients were refined by generalized cross-validation. Sensitivity and specificity for both dependent variables were evaluated.

resultsEleven child self-reported items were identified that had sensitivity of 0.82 and specificity of 0.45 relative to active caries. Twelve parent-reported items had a sensitivity of 0.86 and specificity of 0.50. Seven child self-reported items had a sensitivity of 0.86 and specificity of 0.34, and 11 parent-reported items had a sensitivity of 0.86 and specificity of 0.47 for caries experience.

conclusionsThe survey items identified here are useful in distinguishing children with and without active caries and with and without caries experience. This research presents a path towards using children's and their parents' reports about oral health to screen for clinically determined caries and caries exposure. The items identified in this study can be useful when clinical information is unavailable.

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Dental CariesSelf ReportAdolescentChildDental CareFemaleHumansMaleOral HealthParentsSurveys and Questionnairescariescaries riskhealth services researchoral healthpaediatric dentistry

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PMID31576591
PMCPMC6842046

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