Demers M, Brodeur J M, Simard P L, Mouton C, Veilleux G, Fréchette S
Ecole de médecine dentaire Université Laval, Québec, Canada.
Community Dent Health. 1990 Mar;7(1):11-21.
This paper reviews the predictors used to identify children and adolescents at high risk of developing dental caries. They are presented with their degree of association with caries, their validity as screening tests and their methods of determination. The most promising predictors are identified and caries prediction models are also briefly reviewed. The article concludes with some comments about weaknesses encountered in the conduct of screening studies and makes some suggestions for improving the validity of the prediction models.
本文综述了用于识别有患龋齿高风险的儿童和青少年的预测指标。文中介绍了这些指标与龋齿的关联程度、作为筛查测试的有效性及其测定方法。确定了最有前景的预测指标，并简要回顾了龋齿预测模型。文章最后对筛查研究中遇到的弱点进行了一些评论，并对提高预测模型的有效性提出了一些建议。
