The 3 things that had the greatest impact on dental public health?
What are dental hygiene, water fluoridation, dental sealants
IntRAexaminer Reliability definition.
What is consistency of a single examiner in the application of a test or instrument multiple times
Eastman interdental bleeding index purpose?
What is measures papillary bleeding after interproximal stimulation as indicator of inflammation in papillary gingiva
The measurements of epidemiology?
What are morbidity, mortality, prevalence, incidence
Rate definition
What is the expression of disease in a population using a standardized denominator and including a time dimension
Public health has the goal to protect and promote the health of the public with what 3 things?
What is health protection, disease prevention, health promotion
Positive Reversal definition.
What is change of the measurement made in error in a logical direction
2 components of OHI?
What are debris and calculus
Ratio definition.
What is a fraction that expresses the magnitude of one occurrence in relation to another
The steps in program planning?
What are assessment, diagnosis, implementation, evaluation
Sensitivity definition.
What is the ability to identify all screened individuals who actually have the disease; influences validity
A researcher studying the effectiveness of a mouth rinse in reducing gingivitis, you would use this index?
What are gingival index (GI), gingival bleeding index (GBI), or eastmann (EIBI)
IntERexaminer Reliability definition.
What is agreement among two or more examiners as they apply a test or index
Type of evaluation techniques is the most common?
What is type III:inspection
Specifically definition.
What is the ability to identify only non-diseased individuals who actually do not have the disease; influences validity
Ramfjord teeth?
What are 3, 9, 12, 19, 25, 28
Prevalance definition
What is number of all existing cases of a disease in a population measured at a given point
Type III:inspection is also called what?
What is epidemiological examination
The parts of the epidemiology triangle?
What are environment, host, agent, time
Dental indexes are used to what?
What is to educate, motivate, and evaluate a patient
Incidence definition
What is number of new cases of a disease in a population over given period of time