title: Measures of dental disease occurrence.
abstract: The purpose of the paper is to relate standard epidemiologic and statistical methods for measures of disease occurrence to the description of prevalence proportions and incidence rates of dental diseases. No new concepts are introduced, but the choice of the unit of analysis of numerator and denominator is discussed, and the biological interpretation of the within-patient correlation coefficient is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dental Public Health Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of Washington, Seattle 98195.
authors.forename: P P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Hujoel
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Weyant
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: DeRouen
mesh_terms: D016000:Cluster Analysis; D004245:DMF Index; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D016014:Linear Models; D016015:Logistic Models; D015995:Prevalence; D011336:Probability; D013997:Time Factors