community dentistry terms
). ANOVA
use this test to test outcome across three or more groups
barrier
greatest one to dental care is being accessible
bell-shaped curve
normal distribution
case-control
disease, no disease (diabetes, no diabetes)
cohort
exposed, not exposed (smokers, non-smokers)
continuous data
quantitative; fractions
correlation coefficient
a description of strength and direction of the linear relationship between 2 continuous or ordinal categorical variable; the range is from -1 to +1
CPITN index
community periodontal index of treatment needs
deft
decayed, extracted, filled teeth (primary)
dental health promotion
informing & motivating people to adopt good dental behaviors
dependent variable
outcome of interest (ex: does drinking cokes cause obesity? obesity)
discrete or categorical data
qualitative; whole numbers
dispersion
how scores are dispersed around a central point
DMFT
decayed, missing, filled teeth
endemic
usual amount of cases
epidemic
more cases than expected
fee-for-service
fee scale developed for a service
headstart
pregnant mothers and children up to 5; low income
healthy people 2010
report from federal government which give the goals and objectives necessary to improve the health and quality of life for individuals and communities
incidence
number of new cases of disease