Evaluating health gains from restorative dental treatment

• Published in: Community dentistry and oral epidemiology Vol. 22; no. 4; p. 209
• Main Authors: Downer, M C, O'Brien, G J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Denmark 01.08.1994
• Subjects: Algorithms; Computer Simulation; Decision Support Techniques; Dental Caries - diagnosis; Dental Caries - physiopathology; Dental Caries - therapy; Dental Restoration, Permanent - standards; Disease Progression; Forecasting; Humans; Outcome Assessment (Health Care); Sensitivity and Specificity; Time Factors

A simulation of the caries process over time in posterior approximal tooth surfaces was modelled and tentative evaluations made of health gain from restorative treatment under two sets of assumed conditions. Using published data, the decision model allowed the influence of three variables to be refl...