Evaluation Of Dental Literature

Question 1

What study quantifies disease status in a community with prevalence, and incidence?

Answer 1

Descriptive epidemiology

Question 2

What study determines etiology of disease?

Answer 2

Analytical (observational) epidemiology

Question 3

What study is used in intervention once etiology is identified and intervention methods have been evaluated?

Answer 3

Experimental epidemiology

Question 4

What study is an assessment of a sample of a particular population?

Answer 4

Cross-sectional study

Question 5

What study compares a diseased population to a healthy population that have other similarities?

Answer 5

Case-control study

Question 6

What study follows the general population over time to see disease development and factors and done through surveys and exams?

Answer 6

Prospective cohort study

Question 7

What study evaluates the effect of a specific exposure on a population? (Like evaluating risk factors relating to disease)

Answer 7

Retrospective cohort study