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Caries Process, Prevention, and Management: Epidemiology

Course Number: 710

References / Additional Resources

  1. National Health Expenditures 2017 Highlights. Accessed October 4, 2021.

  2. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Oral Health in Adults: Screening and Preventive Interventions. 2023 Nov 07.

  3. Peres, M. A., Macpherson, L. M. D., Weyant, R. J., et al. Oral diseases: a global public health challenge. The Lancet. 2019,394(10194), 249-260.

  4. Chattopadhyay A. Oral Health Epidemiology: Principles and Practice. Sudbury, MA. Jones and Bartlett Publishers. 2011.

  5. Larmas M. Has dental caries prevalence some connection with caries index values in adults? Caries Res. 2010;44(1):81-4. doi: 10.1159/000279327. Epub 2010 Feb 2.

  6. Cappelli DP, Mobley CC. Prevention in Clinical Oral Health Care. St. Louis, MO. Mosby Elsevier. 2008.

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  8. Broadbent JM, Thomson WM. For debate: problems with the DMF index pertinent to dental caries data analysis. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol. 2005 Dec;33(6):400-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2005.00259.x.

  9. Burt BA. How useful are cross-sectional data from surveys of dental caries? Community Dent Oral Epidemiol. 1997 Feb;25(1):36-41. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1997.tb00897.x.

  10. Dye BA, Tan S, Smith V, Lewis BG, Barker LK, Thornton-Evans G, Eke PI, Beltrán-Aguilar ED, Horowitz AM, Li CH. Trends in oral health status: United States, 1988-1994 and 1999-2004. Vital Health Stat 11. 2007 Apr;(248):1-92.

  11. Dye BA, Li X, Beltran-Aguilar ED. Selected oral health indicators in the United States, 2005-2008. NCHS Data Brief. 2012 May;(96):1-8.

  12. Dye B, Thornton-Evans G, Li X, Iafolla T. Dental caries and tooth loss in adults in the United States, 2011-2012. NCHS Data Brief. 2015 May;(197):197.

  13. Akinbami LJ, Chen T-C, Davy O, et al. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2017–March 2020 prepandemic file: sample design, estimation, and analytic guidelines. Vital Health Stat 2. 2022;190.

  14. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Oral Health Surveillance Report: Dental Caries, Tooth Retention, and Edentulism, United States, 2017–March 2020. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; 2024. Available at: CDC Oral Health Surveillance Rep.

  15. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Oral Health Surveillance Report: Trends in Dental Caries and Sealants, Tooth Retention, and Edentulism, United States, 1999–2004 to 2011–2016. U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services; 2019.

  16. Bashir NZ. Update on the prevalence of untreated caries in the US adult population, 2017-2020. J Am Dent Assoc. 2022;153(4):300-308.

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