Patient—number of teeth affected by caries, total N[N]
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 |
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Definition:![]() | The total number of a patient's teeth which are affected by caries as identified by a dental practitioner. |
Data Element Concept: | Patient—number of teeth affected by caries |
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Representational attributes | |||||
Representation class:![]() | Total | ||||
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Data type:![]() | Number | ||||
Format:![]() | N[N] | ||||
Maximum character length:![]() | 2 | ||||
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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. | ||||
Source and reference attributes | |||||
Submitting organisation:![]() | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. | ||||
Steward:![]() | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare | ||||
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Related metadata references:![]() | See also Patient—result of caries experience on teeth, deciduous code a
See also Patient—result of caries experience on teeth, permanent code A
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Implementation in Data Set Specifications:![]() All attributes + |
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