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Counterpoint: Risk factors, including genetic information, add value in stratifying patients for optimal preventive dental care.
Journal of the American Dental Association (1939) - 1 Mar 2015
Braun Thomas M, Doucette-Stamm Lynn, Duff Gordon W, Kornman Kenneth S, Giannobile William V
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BACKGROUND: There is disagreement as to whether patient stratification by a combination of diabetes, smoking, and genetic test results is useful for informing the frequency of dental prophylaxes. METHODS: The authors appeal to basic tenets of clinical study design and statistical analysis of clinical investigations, and highlight how secondary ad hoc analyses, such as those of Diehl and colleagues, are frequently...
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