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Validity of an orthodontic treatment priority index to measure need for treatment

American Journal of Orthodontics, 1980
In establishing the validity of an index for identifying individuals needing orthodontic treatment, we must concern ourselves with the construct validity of the measure. Since it is clear that the relevant theory concerning need for treatment must include esthetics and the accompanying social and psychological characteristics, the construct validation ...
M J, Slakter   +3 more
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A LONGITUDINAL COMPARISON OF THE ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT PRIORITY INDEX AND THE SUBJECTIVE APPRAISAL OF THE ORTHODONTIST*

Journal of Public Health Dentistry, 1971
Drs. Popovich and Thompson, with usual Canadian thoroughness, have worked with a method of assessing priority of treatment for malocclusion which goes far to eliminate the subjective decisions of orthodontists.
F, Popovich, G W, Thompson
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Determination of the priority indexes for the oil refinery wastewater treatment process

AIP Conference Proceedings, 2017
The wastewater biological treatment intensity and effectiveness are influenced by many factors: temperature, pH, presence and concentration of toxic substances, the biomass concentration et al. Regulation of them allows controlling the biological treatment process.
M. G. Chesnokova   +4 more
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A pilot study to assess the validity of the Orthodontic Treatment Priority Index in English schoolchildren

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 1974
abstract Due to the need for a reliable objective method of assessing the presence and degree of malocclusion by non‐orthodontic personnel for epidemiologic purposes, a study was undertaken to investigate the Orthodontic Treatment Priority Index. A reproducibility trial was carried out, followed by discussions with an orthodontist (D.M.M.) and the use ...
G A, Scivier, D M, Menezes, C D, Parker
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Multi-index integrated assessment and analysis of town-sewage treatment priorities in China

International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology, 2014
Water quality is one of the most serious problems of environment and national sustainable development strategy now facing China. After hard work over the last several decades, urban-sewage treatment in China is now relatively well developed. It now affords mainly higher levels of sewage collection and treatment, as well as pollution-load control.
Yan Yan   +6 more
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ASSESSING VALIDITY OF SALZMANN INDEX AND HANDICAPPING LABIOLINGUAL DEVIATION INDEX IN DETERMINING TREATMENT PRIORITY FOR ORTHODONTIC PATIENTS

2022
Objectives: More than 30 states use the Salzmann Index or the Handicapping Labiolingual Deviation Index to determine which patients receive tax-supported orthodontic treatment. The indexes use a criterion which produces a numerical value reflective of the severity of the malocclusion. The aim of the study is to evaluate the validity of these indexes by
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Initial development of an ‘Orthodontic Care Index’ involving treatment need,—complexity and—priority

European Journal of Orthodontics
Abstract Background/Objectives The aim of this study was to develop an evidence-based scoring system for prioritizing limited orthodontic resources based on orthodontic treatment need (OTN), orthodontic treatment complexity (OTC), and orthodontic treatment priority (OTP), which is not merely a scoring
Lutgart, De Ridder   +3 more
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[The study of malocclusion of treatment priority index in Xi'an adolescent].

Hua xi kou qiang yi xue za zhi = Huaxi kouqiang yixue zazhi = West China journal of stomatology, 2004
To evaluate the prevalence of malocclusion and orthodontic treatment priority in adolescent.591 boys and 567 girls (aged 12 years old) were studied with their study models and the treatment priority index (TPI) were obtained.7.03% adolescent had orthodontic treatments (TPI 1:21.33%, TPI 2:47.06%, TPI 3-TPI 5:31.61%).TPI is a valid tool to evaluate ...
Xiaorong, Wang, Xiangyu, Ye, Baipin, Niu
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[Organizational characteristics of treatment for chronic hepatitis in Hungary: Hepatitis Registry and Priority Index].

Orvosi hetilap, 2013
Hepatitis Registry was developed by the Hepatology Section of the Hungarian Gastroenterology Society with the contribution of the Foundation for Liver Patients. The main task was to register all interferon based treatments of chronic hepatitis C and B and to facilitate the preauthorization process.
Mihály, Makara   +4 more
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