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- Title
The Development of a Dental Diagnostic Terminology.
- Authors
Kalenderian, Elsbeth; Ramoni, Rachel L.; White, Joel M.; Schoonheim-Klein, Meta E.; Stark, Paul C.; Kimmes, Nicole S.; Zeller, Gregory G.; Willis, George P.; Walji, Muhammad F.
- Abstract
There is no commonly accepted standardized terminology for oral diagnoses. The purpose of this article is to report the development of a standardized dental diagnostic terminology by a work group of dental faculty members. The work group developed guiding principles for decision making and adhered to principles of terminology development. The members used an iterative process to develop a terminology incorporating concepts represented in the Toronto/University of California, San Francisco Creighton University and International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-9/1 0 codes and periodontal and endodontic diagnoses. Domain experts were consulted to develop a final list of diagnostic terms. A structure was developed, consisting of thirteen categories, seventy-eight subcategories, and 1,158 diagnostic terms, hierarchically organized and mappable to other terminologies and ontologies. Use of this standardized diagnostic terminology will reinforce the diagnosis-treatment link and will facilitate clinical research, quality assurance, and patient communication. Future work will focus on implementation and approaches to enhance the validity and reliability of diagnostic term utilization.
- Subjects
UNITED States; DENTISTRY terminology; ORAL disease diagnosis; DENTAL faculty; GROUP decision making; DENTAL personnel &; patient; QUALITY assurance
- Publication
Journal of Dental Education, 2011, Vol 75, Issue 1, p68
- ISSN
0022-0337
- Publication type
Article