Assessing the validity of existing dental sealant quality measures

Assessing the validity of existing dental sealant quality measures

Background: Although sealants are highly effective in preventing caries in children, placement rates continue to be low. The authors’ goals were to implement and assess the performance of 2 existing sealant quality measures against a manual audit of charts at 4 dental institutions and to identify me...

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Main Authors: Bangar, S. (Author), Even, J. (Author), Kalenderian, E. (Author), Kookal, K.K (Author), Kumar, S.V (Author), Mertz, E. (Author), Mullins, J. (Author), Neumann, A. (Author), Obadan-Udoh, E. (Author), Simmons, K. (Author), Tokede, O. (Author), Walji, M. (Author), White, J. (Author), Yansane, A. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Dental Association 2018
Subjects:
adolescent
Adolescent
caries
caries risk assessment
child
Child
dental caries
Dental Caries
Dental sealants
fissure sealant
human
Humans
Molar
molar tooth
oral health
Pit and Fissure Sealants
quality of care
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