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The national child odontology registry (SCOR): a valuable resource for odontological and public health research

BACKGROUND: Since 1972 The National Child Odontology Registry has collected data on the oral health of most of all Danish children and adolescents. However, comprehensive information on the registry has not previously been available, making it difficult to approach and use the registry for research...

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Autores principales: Nygaard, Nikoline, Ängquist, Lars, Belstrøm, Daniel, Stankevic, Evelina, Hansen, Torben, Olsen, Anja, Rosing, Kasper, Markvart, Merete
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Publicado: BioMed Central 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10466686/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37644412
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12903-023-03199-1
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author Nygaard, Nikoline
Ängquist, Lars
Belstrøm, Daniel
Stankevic, Evelina
Hansen, Torben
Olsen, Anja
Rosing, Kasper
Markvart, Merete
author_facet Nygaard, Nikoline
Ängquist, Lars
Belstrøm, Daniel
Stankevic, Evelina
Hansen, Torben
Olsen, Anja
Rosing, Kasper
Markvart, Merete
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description BACKGROUND: Since 1972 The National Child Odontology Registry has collected data on the oral health of most of all Danish children and adolescents. However, comprehensive information on the registry has not previously been available, making it difficult to approach and use the registry for research purposes. METHODS: By combining historical documentation and simple descriptive statistics we provide an overview of major events in the timeline of The National Child Odontology Registry and discuss how they impact the available data. We provide a broad overview of the dental variables in the registry, and how the registration criteria for some of the core dental variables (gingivitis, periodontitis, and dental caries) have changed over time. We then provide examples of how aggregate variables for the core dental diseases, allowing for comparison across registration criteria, can be created. RESULTS: Most of the Danish population born during or after 1965 have a least one entry in the National Child Odontology Registry, with 68% having entries spanning their entire childhood and adolescence. The prevalence of gingivitis and periodontitis seem to increase significantly in the years immediately following changes in how registration criteria for these variables, raising questions as to whether these diseases are generally underreported, or subject to overreporting in the years following the registration changes. The mandatory ages of registration instituted in 2003, do not appear to have had a strong impact on the ages at which registrations are made. For variables not directly comparable across datasets due to changes in registration criteria aggregate variables of measurements can be computed in most cases. CONCLUSIONS: The National Child Odontology Registry provides a unique opportunity to study the impact of childhood oral health on life trajectories, but using the registry is not without issues, and we strongly recommend consulting with experts in the field of odontology to ensure the best use of available data. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12903-023-03199-1.
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spelling pubmed-104666862023-08-31 The national child odontology registry (SCOR): a valuable resource for odontological and public health research Nygaard, Nikoline Ängquist, Lars Belstrøm, Daniel Stankevic, Evelina Hansen, Torben Olsen, Anja Rosing, Kasper Markvart, Merete BMC Oral Health Research BACKGROUND: Since 1972 The National Child Odontology Registry has collected data on the oral health of most of all Danish children and adolescents. However, comprehensive information on the registry has not previously been available, making it difficult to approach and use the registry for research purposes. METHODS: By combining historical documentation and simple descriptive statistics we provide an overview of major events in the timeline of The National Child Odontology Registry and discuss how they impact the available data. We provide a broad overview of the dental variables in the registry, and how the registration criteria for some of the core dental variables (gingivitis, periodontitis, and dental caries) have changed over time. We then provide examples of how aggregate variables for the core dental diseases, allowing for comparison across registration criteria, can be created. RESULTS: Most of the Danish population born during or after 1965 have a least one entry in the National Child Odontology Registry, with 68% having entries spanning their entire childhood and adolescence. The prevalence of gingivitis and periodontitis seem to increase significantly in the years immediately following changes in how registration criteria for these variables, raising questions as to whether these diseases are generally underreported, or subject to overreporting in the years following the registration changes. The mandatory ages of registration instituted in 2003, do not appear to have had a strong impact on the ages at which registrations are made. For variables not directly comparable across datasets due to changes in registration criteria aggregate variables of measurements can be computed in most cases. CONCLUSIONS: The National Child Odontology Registry provides a unique opportunity to study the impact of childhood oral health on life trajectories, but using the registry is not without issues, and we strongly recommend consulting with experts in the field of odontology to ensure the best use of available data. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12903-023-03199-1. BioMed Central 2023-08-29 /pmc/articles/PMC10466686/ /pubmed/37644412 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12903-023-03199-1 Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data.
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Nygaard, Nikoline
Ängquist, Lars
Belstrøm, Daniel
Stankevic, Evelina
Hansen, Torben
Olsen, Anja
Rosing, Kasper
Markvart, Merete
The national child odontology registry (SCOR): a valuable resource for odontological and public health research
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title_short The national child odontology registry (SCOR): a valuable resource for odontological and public health research
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10466686/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37644412
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12903-023-03199-1
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