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  • Title: Quantifying dental inequality--developing the methodology.
    Author: Nugent ZJ, Longbottom C, Pitts NB.
    Journal: Community Dent Health; 2002 Mar; 19(1):43-5. PubMed ID: 11922412.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: To develop a simple quantitative measure of dental health inequality. METHOD: Define equality based on statistical theory and construct a formula to compare actual and theoretical disease distributions. RESULT: A new index (DHII) is proposed, based on the ratio of the distribution of the actual disease to a (theoretical) Poisson distribution. An example using caries data is provided. CONCLUSION: Use of DHII will allow quantitative measurement of dental health inequality.
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