Comments on: Cardoso, C.F.; Drummond, A.F.; Lages, E.M.B.; Pretti, H.; Ferreira, E.F.; Abreu, M.H.N.G. The Dental Aesthetic Index and Dental Health Component of the Index of Orthodontic Treatment Need as Tools in Epidemiological Studies. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2011, 8, 3277-3286

Varun Arora; Narendra Kumar Gupta; Dilip K Nath; Amrit Tandan; Pratik Chandra

doi:10.3390/ijerph9093280

Comments on: Cardoso, C.F.; Drummond, A.F.; Lages, E.M.B.; Pretti, H.; Ferreira, E.F.; Abreu, M.H.N.G. The Dental Aesthetic Index and Dental Health Component of the Index of Orthodontic Treatment Need as Tools in Epidemiological Studies. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2011, 8, 3277-3286

Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2012 Sep 7;9(9):3280-2; author reply 3283-5. doi: 10.3390/ijerph9093280.

Authors

Varun Arora¹, Narendra Kumar Gupta, Dilip K Nath, Amrit Tandan, Pratik Chandra

Affiliation

¹ Active Research Group, APS, Lucknow 226003, India. apslkoindia@yahoo.com

Abstract

In regard to the article entitled "The Dental Aesthetic Index and Dental Health Component of the Index of Orthodontic Treatment Need as Tools in Epidemiological Studies" by Cardoso et al. [1] which checks the validity and agreement of two scales for orthodontic treatment need, we would like to draw your attention to a number of discrepancies in the design and methodology which have affected the results. [...].

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MeSH terms

Esthetics, Dental / classification*
Humans
Index of Orthodontic Treatment Need / methods*
Oral Health / classification*
Orthodontics, Corrective / methods*