Hello
We have done a retrospective study on the survival of fillings in teeth. The situation is as follows:
When the filling was lost: Coded as "1" and survival time was noted
When the filling is intact: Coded as "0"
I have a problem here.... There are some cases when the tooth as a whole was removed due to some other dental reasons (even when the filling was intact). How should I code them??? It's confusing me. Kindly help me please...
Regards
Vinay
We have done a retrospective study on the survival of fillings in teeth. The situation is as follows:
When the filling was lost: Coded as "1" and survival time was noted
When the filling is intact: Coded as "0"
I have a problem here.... There are some cases when the tooth as a whole was removed due to some other dental reasons (even when the filling was intact). How should I code them??? It's confusing me. Kindly help me please...
Regards
Vinay