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A county-level HIV prevention gap index in the US Deep South using publicly available proxy indicators. [PDF]

open access: yesFront Public Health
Al Juboori R   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The development of an index of orthodontic treatment priority

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Orthodontics, 1989
The aim of this study was to develop a valid and reproducible index of orthodontic treatment priority. After reviewing the available literature, it was felt that this could be best achieved by using two separate components to record firstly the dental health and functional indications for treatment, and secondly the aesthetic impairment caused by the ...
Brook, P H, Shaw, W C
core   +15 more sources

Longitudinal evaluation of the treatment priority index (TPI)

American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, 1989
The Treatment Priority Index (TPI) is an epidemiologic tool used to rank malocclusions and assess the need for orthodontic treatment. The purpose of this study was to (1) evaluate the predictability of the TPI as an indicator of malocclusion severity, (2) evaluate the effect of orthodontic treatment on TPI values, and (3) compare the results with a ...
J, Ghafari, S A, Locke, J M, Bentley
openaire   +2 more sources

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
openaire   +2 more sources

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
openaire   +2 more sources

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
openaire   +1 more source

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
openaire   +2 more sources

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