Chester W Douglass
Biographic Data
| ID | 5539425 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Chester W Douglass |
| GIVEN NAMES | Chester W |
| FAMILY NAME | Douglass |
| SIGNATURE | DOUGLASS C W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Harvard University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 28 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 28 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1969 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Comprehensive, School‐Based Preventive Dentistry
BACKGROUND: In this paper, we describe the design, program details, and baseline demographics and oral health of participants in ForsythKids, a regional, comprehensive, school-based mobile caries prevention program. METHODS: We solicited all Massachusetts elementary schools with greater than 50% of students receiving free or reduced-price meals. Six schools initially elected to participate, ultimately followed by over 50 schools. Interventions we…
Risk Assessment Criteria Applied to a Screening Exam
There is a relationship between carious lesion experience in 1st grade and carious lesion incidence in the first permanent molars by 4th grade. Using the dmfs + DMFS > 0 criterion may help public health providers determine which children should receive sealants when resources do not allow the delivery of sealants to all children
Problems in Exposure Assessment of Fluoride in Drinking Water
Researchers need to consider limitations of using a secondary data source to estimate fluoride in drinking water, particularly in studies where exposure to fluoride is the primary exposure of interest
Use of Preexisting Radiographs for Assessing Periodontal Disease in Epidemiologic Studies
Preexisting radiographs are feasible for use in epidemiologic studies and provide valid assessments of periodontal disease
Associations Between Occupational Health Behaviors and Occupational Dental Erosion
Among occupational health behaviors, wearing personal protective respiratory masks in work was significantly associated with less overall occupational dental erosion
The Relationship Between Amalgam Restorations and Mercury Levels in Male Dentists and Nondental Health Professionals
Objectives : The objectives of this study were: (1) to compare the mercury levels in general dentists with the mercury levels in other health professionals using toenail clippings as a biomarker, (2) to identify risk factors associated with high mercury levels, and (3) to compare practice characteristics of dentists with high and low mercury levels. Methods : A sample of 579 men was randomly selected from the 33,737 men participating in the Healt…
Validation of Self‐reported Periodontal Measures Among Health Professionals
Self-reports can provide discrimination and ranking information of cumulative periodontal disease among health professionals and can be used to provide valid results in etiologic studies in health professionals' populations
Validation of Self‐reported Oral Health Measures
Self-reports provide reasonably valid estimates for numbers of remaining teeth, fillings, root canal therapy, and fixed and removable prostheses. However, they appear to be less useful for the assessment of dental caries and periodontal disease in the two populations we have studied. There remains a need and potential to further develop self-report oral health measures that are valid for use in large population studies. Such self-report measures …
Validity of a Self‐reported Periodontal Disease Measure
Dentists have a good perception of their periodontal status, and there is reasonable consensus among dentists regarding the threshold for defining periodontal disease. Self-reported measures might have potential for use in studies of other populations with substantial cost reduction, and deserve further evaluation
Consequences of Success
These cross-sectional data obtained from a probability sample of New England elders show that subjects who retained higher numbers of teeth have more periodontal disease and dental caries experience, and visit the dentist more frequently
The Distribution of Root Caries in Community‐dwelling Elders in New England
An in-home examination of a probability sample of elders aged 70 and older living in the six New England states was conducted to estimate the prevalence and extent of root caries. Oral examinations were conducted by the visual-tactile method using a portable lamp, explorer, and a mouth mirror. Fifty-two percent of the study participants showed root caries experience and 22 percent had untreated root caries. In contrast to previous studies, this a…
Beneath the Surface of Coronal Caries
A cross-sectional study was conducted of the oral health status of a random sample of community dwelling elders, aged 70 and older, living within the six New England states. Four examining teams, each composed of a trained and calibrated dentist and a field technician, collected data during an in-home oral examination. The prevalence of carious, filled, recurrent decayed, and non-carious but failed restored coronal surfaces was recorded. For the …
Improving Dental Epidemiologic Data Collection with Computers
A computerized dental data recording system (DDRS) was developed for the New England Elder Dental Study to improve data quality and increase field staff efficiency. The DDRS displays video screens similar to traditional paper forms to record data on coronal and root caries, dentate and denture status, subacute bacterial endocarditis screening, gingival bleeding, calculus, and periodontal attachment level. DDRS provides facilities for date and exa…
The Validity of Self‐reported Oral Health Status in the Elderly
The validity of self-reported number of teeth was assessed in a random sample of 50 individuals aged 70+ by comparing self-reports in a telephone interview with results of a subsequent in-home examination by a dentist. There were no significant differences between self-report and examination data, nor was there any systematic under- or over-counting of teeth as the actual number of teeth increased. These data support the validity of self-reported…
What Massachusetts Residents Know about Fluoridation
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health conducted a comprehensive, statewide telephone health interview survey during 1980. Adult members of 1,091 households were interviewed. The purpose of this paper is to report the attitudes and knowledge of the Massachusetts residents surveyed regarding fluoridation, as well as the relation of their attitudes with demographic and socioeconomic variables, dental and other health behaviors, and outcome o…
Theoretical Considerations in Applying Benefit‐Cost and Cost‐Effectiveness Analyses to Preventive Dental Programs
Benefit-cost analysis and cost-effectiveness analysis can be used to evaluate preventive regimens and aid policy-makers in making resource-allocation decisions. This paper demonstrates the application of benefit-cost and cost-effectiveness analyses to preventive dental programs. The two analyses are defined and described, and the purpose of each technic is compared. For a hypothetical community, four dental preventive programs are described: comm…
A Need‐Based Model to Project National Dental Expenditures
A national model on need for dental treatment, as measured by the HANES survey of the National Center for Health Statistics, is described and applied to determine expenditures required to provide necessary dental services under third-party funding of a national dental program. Services have been divided into five components by type of service and age of the population and expenditures are projected for each year, 1980-84. Total expenditures are p…
Influencing Federal, State, and Local Oral Health Policies
Associate Professor and Chairman Department of Dental Care Administration Harvard School of Dental Medicine Boston, Massachusetts
Overview of National Health Insurance
The Clinic Habit; a Sociological Analysis of a Dental Public Health Program
Establishment and Maintenance of Oral Health Behavior
Effect of Provider Attitudes in Community Health Decision-making
The purpose of this study was to discover who is making the decisions concerning publicly funded health programs and the differential effect that various types of decision-makers have on the decisions. The variations in content, administration, and funding level of eight Model Cities health programs in Michigan were studied. These programs were scaled into a composite score of the consumer vis-à-vis provider orientation of the final program. Part…
Representation Patterns in Community Health Decision Making
The Social Sciences and Dentistry
Social Sciences and Dentistry
The Editors are pleased to present in the Summer Issue of this Journal a paper which deals with problems of publication
Gaining Experience in Teaching Community Dentistry
From their personal participation, these two dentists recommend development of sites in which students of dental public health can gain practical experience for teaching community dentistry in a university
The Social Sciences and Dentistry
Social Sciences and Dentistry
The Editors are pleased to present in the Summer Issue of this Journal a paper which deals with problems of publication
The Social Sciences and Dentistry
The Social Sciences and Dentistry
The Clinic Habit; a Sociological Analysis of a Dental Public Health Program
Establishment and Maintenance of Oral Health Behavior
Effect of Provider Attitudes in Community Health Decision-making
The purpose of this study was to discover who is making the decisions concerning publicly funded health programs and the differential effect that various types of decision-makers have on the decisions. The variations in content, administration, and funding level of eight Model Cities health programs in Michigan were studied. These programs were scaled into a composite score of the consumer vis-à-vis provider orientation of the final program. Part…
Representation Patterns in Community Health Decision Making
Overview of National Health Insurance
Influencing Federal, State, and Local Oral Health Policies
Associate Professor and Chairman Department of Dental Care Administration Harvard School of Dental Medicine Boston, Massachusetts
A Need‐Based Model to Project National Dental Expenditures
A national model on need for dental treatment, as measured by the HANES survey of the National Center for Health Statistics, is described and applied to determine expenditures required to provide necessary dental services under third-party funding of a national dental program. Services have been divided into five components by type of service and age of the population and expenditures are projected for each year, 1980-84. Total expenditures are p…
Theoretical Considerations in Applying Benefit‐Cost and Cost‐Effectiveness Analyses to Preventive Dental Programs
Benefit-cost analysis and cost-effectiveness analysis can be used to evaluate preventive regimens and aid policy-makers in making resource-allocation decisions. This paper demonstrates the application of benefit-cost and cost-effectiveness analyses to preventive dental programs. The two analyses are defined and described, and the purpose of each technic is compared. For a hypothetical community, four dental preventive programs are described: comm…
What Massachusetts Residents Know about Fluoridation
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health conducted a comprehensive, statewide telephone health interview survey during 1980. Adult members of 1,091 households were interviewed. The purpose of this paper is to report the attitudes and knowledge of the Massachusetts residents surveyed regarding fluoridation, as well as the relation of their attitudes with demographic and socioeconomic variables, dental and other health behaviors, and outcome o…
The Validity of Self‐reported Oral Health Status in the Elderly
The validity of self-reported number of teeth was assessed in a random sample of 50 individuals aged 70+ by comparing self-reports in a telephone interview with results of a subsequent in-home examination by a dentist. There were no significant differences between self-report and examination data, nor was there any systematic under- or over-counting of teeth as the actual number of teeth increased. These data support the validity of self-reported…
Improving Dental Epidemiologic Data Collection with Computers
A computerized dental data recording system (DDRS) was developed for the New England Elder Dental Study to improve data quality and increase field staff efficiency. The DDRS displays video screens similar to traditional paper forms to record data on coronal and root caries, dentate and denture status, subacute bacterial endocarditis screening, gingival bleeding, calculus, and periodontal attachment level. DDRS provides facilities for date and exa…
Beneath the Surface of Coronal Caries
A cross-sectional study was conducted of the oral health status of a random sample of community dwelling elders, aged 70 and older, living within the six New England states. Four examining teams, each composed of a trained and calibrated dentist and a field technician, collected data during an in-home oral examination. The prevalence of carious, filled, recurrent decayed, and non-carious but failed restored coronal surfaces was recorded. For the …
The Distribution of Root Caries in Community‐dwelling Elders in New England
An in-home examination of a probability sample of elders aged 70 and older living in the six New England states was conducted to estimate the prevalence and extent of root caries. Oral examinations were conducted by the visual-tactile method using a portable lamp, explorer, and a mouth mirror. Fifty-two percent of the study participants showed root caries experience and 22 percent had untreated root caries. In contrast to previous studies, this a…
Validity of a Self‐reported Periodontal Disease Measure
Dentists have a good perception of their periodontal status, and there is reasonable consensus among dentists regarding the threshold for defining periodontal disease. Self-reported measures might have potential for use in studies of other populations with substantial cost reduction, and deserve further evaluation
Consequences of Success
These cross-sectional data obtained from a probability sample of New England elders show that subjects who retained higher numbers of teeth have more periodontal disease and dental caries experience, and visit the dentist more frequently
Validation of Self‐reported Periodontal Measures Among Health Professionals
Self-reports can provide discrimination and ranking information of cumulative periodontal disease among health professionals and can be used to provide valid results in etiologic studies in health professionals' populations
Validation of Self‐reported Oral Health Measures
Self-reports provide reasonably valid estimates for numbers of remaining teeth, fillings, root canal therapy, and fixed and removable prostheses. However, they appear to be less useful for the assessment of dental caries and periodontal disease in the two populations we have studied. There remains a need and potential to further develop self-report oral health measures that are valid for use in large population studies. Such self-report measures …
Associations Between Occupational Health Behaviors and Occupational Dental Erosion
Among occupational health behaviors, wearing personal protective respiratory masks in work was significantly associated with less overall occupational dental erosion
The Relationship Between Amalgam Restorations and Mercury Levels in Male Dentists and Nondental Health Professionals
Objectives : The objectives of this study were: (1) to compare the mercury levels in general dentists with the mercury levels in other health professionals using toenail clippings as a biomarker, (2) to identify risk factors associated with high mercury levels, and (3) to compare practice characteristics of dentists with high and low mercury levels. Methods : A sample of 579 men was randomly selected from the 33,737 men participating in the Healt…
Problems in Exposure Assessment of Fluoride in Drinking Water
Researchers need to consider limitations of using a secondary data source to estimate fluoride in drinking water, particularly in studies where exposure to fluoride is the primary exposure of interest
Medicine (27 works) · Dental Health and Care Utilization (20 works) · Dentistry (16 works) · Oral microbiology and periodontitis research (10 works) · Environmental health (9 works) · Oral health (9 works) · Computer Science (7 works) · Dental Research and COVID-19 (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Dental Education, Practice, Research (6 works)