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Value of the teeth
Author(s) -
Schuurs Albert H. B.,
Duivenvoorden Hugo J.,
Velzen Sijo K. Thoden,
Verhage Frans,
Makkes Peter C.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
community dentistry and oral epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.061
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1600-0528
pISSN - 0301-5661
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1990.tb00656.x
Subject(s) - medicine , attendance , multivariate statistics , multivariate analysis , sample (material) , anxiety , value (mathematics) , oral health , dentistry , statistics , mathematics , psychiatry , chromatography , economics , economic growth , chemistry
Abstract A random sample of 542 respondents answered questions concerning the value assigned to the teeth, dental attendance pattern, oral health status, and dental anxiety. Non‐linear multivariate analysis showed the data regarding value attached to the teeth to contain two dimensions, of which the second one was deleted due to extreme answer patterns (skewed distributions) on the pertinent variables. Repetition of the analysis, including a plot of the respondents, made it possible to discern four subsamples, characterized by specific answer patterns. In the discussion attention was given firstly to the separate variables estimating the value attached to the teeth, and next to the four subsamples, taking into consideration the dental attendance pattern, oral health status, and dental anxiety. It was concluded that the multivariate approach reveals that the respondents are of a rather high heterogeneity.