Viri podatkov na področju ustnega zdravja v Sloveniji
Data sources on oral health in Slovenia

slovenian

2022

volume 27, issue 1/2

databases   dentistry   oral health

Slovensko društvo za medicinsko informatiko
(Obvezni izvod spletne publikacije)

In the field of oral health, various data are recorded for different purposes, including the assessment of oral health status and treatment needs of the population, planning prevention programmes, and monitoring the functioning of the dental care system. In Slovenia, there are several scattered sources and methods of data collection. The aim of this article is to identify, assemble and present in one place the sources that contain key data on oral health in Slovenia. Data sources can be divided into primary and secondary ones. Primary data sources in dentistry can be further divided into research and report data, clinical and non-clinical data, and data by population groups (children, adolescents, adults). Secondary data sources can be found in various Slovenian and international publications and databases that draw data from one or more primary sources. In the future, it is necessary to establish the collection, digitisation and systematisation of clinical oral health data in Slovenia at the national level, and to introduce continuous collection and analysis of non-clinical data.

26.01.2024