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Metadata item type: | Data Set Specification |
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METEOR identifier: | 553034 |
Registration status: | Indigenous, Standard 08/10/2014 |
DSS type: | Data Element Cluster |
Scope: | The decayed, missing, filled teeth cluster comprises six data elements that are used together to determine the number of teeth and teeth surfaces in a patient that have been affected by decay. This is known as a measure of the dental caries experience or the dental decay experience. The caries experience describes the number of teeth (or teeth surfaces) that have been affected by decay. |
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Guide for use: | Deciduous or 'baby' teeth or teeth surfaces are affected by decay if they are decayed (d), missing (m) due to decay, or filled (f) due to decay. Permanent or 'adult' teeth or teeth surfaces are affected by decay if they are decayed (D), missing (M) due to decay, or filled (F) due to decay. The cluster contains six data elements which, when used in combination, result in a dmft/DMFT (for deciduous/permanent teeth, excluding teeth surfaces) and dmfs/DMFS (for deciduous/permanent teeth surfaces) score for a patient: Patient—impact of decay on teeth, deciduous code a; Patient—impact of decay on teeth, permanent code A; Patient—number of teeth affected by decay, total N[N]; Patient—impact of decay on teeth surfaces, deciduous code a; Patient—impact of decay on teeth surfaces, permanent code A; Patient—number of teeth surfaces affected by decay, total N[N]. If child is under 11 years of age: dmft = deciduous teeth (excluding surfaces) that are decayed (d), missing (m) due to decay, or filled (f) due to decay, and the total of all (dmft); dmfs = deciduous teeth surfaces that are decayed (d), missing (m) due to decay, or filled (f) due to decay, and the total of all (dmfs). If child is 7 years of age or over: DMFT = permanent teeth (excluding surfaces) that are decayed (D), missing (M) due to decay, or filled (F) due to decay, and the total of all (DMFT); DMFS = permanent teeth surfaces that are decayed (D), missing (M) due to decay, or filled (F) due to decay, and the total of all (DMFS).
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Submitting organisation: | Department of Health and the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Steward: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Closing the Gap in the Northern Territory: Dental Services DSS, 2011 Indigenous, Standard 08/10/2014 Implementation start date: 01/10/2011 |
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