Patient—number of teeth affected by caries, total N[N]
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Number of teeth affected by caries (total) |
Synonymous names: | Dental caries experience; Decay experience |
METEOR identifier: | 500127 |
Registration status: | Indigenous, Standard 08/10/2014 |
Definition: | The total number of a patient's teeth which are affected by caries as identified by a dental practitioner. |
Data element concept attributes | |
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Data element concept: | Patient—number of teeth affected by caries |
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METEOR identifier: | 498789 |
Registration status: | Indigenous, Standard 08/10/2014 |
Definition: | The number of a patient's teeth which are affected by caries as identified by a dental practitioner. |
Object class: | Patient |
Property: | Number of teeth affected by caries |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. |
Value domain attributes | |
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Value domain: | Total number N[N] |
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METEOR identifier: | 347205 |
Registration status: | Health!, Standard 01/10/2008 Community Services (retired), Standard 10/04/2013 Housing assistance, Standard 01/05/2013 Indigenous, Standard 08/10/2014 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 Commonwealth Department of Health , Qualified 23/09/2015 Children and Families, Standard 22/11/2016 Tasmanian Health, Standard 20/12/2016 Commonwealth Department of Social Services (retired), Standard 20/06/2018 |
Definition: | The total number. |
Representational attributes | ||
Representation class: | Total | |
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Data type: | Number | |
Format: | N[N] | |
Maximum character length: | 2 | |
Value | Meaning | |
Supplementary values: | 99 | Not stated/inadequately described |
Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | The number of teeth affected by caries is used in conjunction with Patient—result of caries experience on permanent teeth code A and Patient—result of caries experience on teeth, deciduous code a to calculate the dmft/DMFT (for deciduous/permanent teeth, excluding teeth surfaces) score for a patient. |
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Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. |
Steward: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | See also Patient—result of caries experience on teeth, deciduous code a Indigenous, Standard 08/10/2014 See also Patient—result of caries experience on teeth, permanent code A Indigenous, Standard 08/10/2014 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Decayed, missing and filled teeth cluster Indigenous, Standard 08/10/2014 DSS specific information: First occurrence is for the total of deciduous teeth (dmft) and the second occurrence is for total of permanent teeth (DMFT). |