title: Dental caries prediction to target high-risk individuals in community-based preventive programs is problematic.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Life course dental caries determinants and predictors in children aged 12 years: a population-based birth cohort. Peres MA, Barros AJ, et al. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 2009;37:123-33.
  
  
  METHODS
  John P. Brown, BDS, MS, PhD.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To define selected life course social, biological, and behavioral exposures as determinants and predictors of dental caries in children at 12 years of age.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development CNPq Grant No. 403362/2004-0.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cohort study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Level 2: limited-quality patient-oriented evidence
  
  
  METHODS
  Not applicable.
authors.affiliation: University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, MC7917, San Antonio, TX 78229-3900, USA. Brown@uthscsa.edu
authors.forename: John P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Brown