Understanding Measurement of Dental Diseases and Research Participation in Practice Set-Up - 08/08/11

Doi : 10.1016/j.cden.2007.12.005

Amit Chattopadhyay, PhD, MPH, MDS, BDS(Hons) ^a,^b,^⁎ , Oscar Arevalo, DDS, ScD, MBA, MS ^c, Woosung Sohn, DDS, MS, PhD, DrPH ^d,^e
^a Department of Epidemiology, University of Kentucky College of Public Health, Room # 209-C, 121 Washington Avenue, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
^b Division of Dental Public Health, Department of Oral Health Sciences, University of Kentucky College of Dentistry, Lexington, KY, USA
^c Division of Dental Public Health, College of Dentistry, University of Kentucky, Suite 101, 333 Waller Avenue, Lexington, KY 40504, USA
^d Department of Cariology, Restorative Sciences and Endodontics, Health Services and Epidemiology Research Unit, Room B305, University of Michigan School of Dentistry, 1011 N. University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1078, USA
^e Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

Corresponding author. Department of Epidemiology, University of Kentucky College of Public Health, Room # 209-C, 121 Washington Avenue, Lexington, KY 40536.

Abstract

A general understanding of the measurement of dental diseases can help practitioners in the process of assessing the patient’s future risk of disease. More importantly, as clinical studies shift from the traditional academic setting to practice-based networks, practitioners might play a more significant role in research. An important issue in oral health disease management in the future will be the standardization of clinical criteria and the development of alternative mechanisms of data collection for epidemiologic purposes.

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