Validation of self-reported information on dental caries in a birth cohort at 18 years of age.

Estimate the prevalence of dental caries based on clinical examinations and self-reports and compare differences in the prevalence and effect measures between the two methods among 18-year-olds belonging to a 1993 birth cohort in the city of Pelotas, Brazil.Data on self-reported caries, socio-demogr...

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Main Authors: Alexandre Emidio Ribeiro Silva, Ana Maria Baptista Menezes, Maria Cecília Formoso Assunção, Helen Gonçalves, Flávio Fernando Demarco, Fabiana Vargas-Ferreira, Marco Aurélio Peres
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4159228?pdf=render