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What are the main claims of the paper and how important are they?
The paper claims to understand the role of medical officers in referring dental patients
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Are these claims novel? If not, please specify papers that weaken the claims to the originality of this one.
Yes
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Are the claims properly placed in the context of the previous literature?
Yes
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Do the results support the claims? If not, what other evidence is required?
Yes
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If a protocol is provided, for example for a randomized controlled trial, are there any important deviations from it? If so, have the authors explained adequately why the deviations occurred?
Yes
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Is the methodology valid? Does the paper offer enough details of its methodology that its experiments or its analyses could be reproduced?
Yes
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Would any other experiments or additional information improve the paper? How much better would the paper be if this extra work was done, and how difficult would such work be to do, or to provide?
No
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Is this paper outstanding in its discipline? (For example, would you like to see this work presented in a seminar at your hospital or university? Do you feel these results need to be incorporated in your next general lecture on the subject?) If yes, what makes it outstanding? If not, why not?
Yes
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Other Comments:
No
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Competing interests:
No
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Invited by the author to review this article? :
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Have you previously published on this or a similar topic?:
No
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References:
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Experience and credentials in the specific area of science:
8 Years of teaching experience in public health dentistry
- How to cite: K T .Role of Medical Officers[Review of the article 'Role of Medical Officers In Referring the Dental Patients In Primary Health Centers Of Ranga Reddy District, Andhra Pradesh, India. ' by Swathi Chowdary K].WebmedCentral 2012;3(10):WMCRW002307
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What are the main claims of the paper and how important are they?
Medical officers at PHCs had limited knowledge regarding dental problems.
Oral health is neglected in rural areas
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Are these claims novel? If not, please specify papers that weaken the claims to the originality of this one.
Yes the claims are novel
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Are the claims properly placed in the context of the previous literature?
Yes
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Do the results support the claims? If not, what other evidence is required?
Yes to an extent Additional data must be given to substantiate the claim- Oral health is neglected in rural areas
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If a protocol is provided, for example for a randomized controlled trial, are there any important deviations from it? If so, have the authors explained adequately why the deviations occurred?
No
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Is the methodology valid? Does the paper offer enough details of its methodology that its experiments or its analyses could be reproduced?
The methodology is valid and replicable
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Would any other experiments or additional information improve the paper? How much better would the paper be if this extra work was done, and how difficult would such work be to do, or to provide?
No
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Is this paper outstanding in its discipline? (For example, would you like to see this work presented in a seminar at your hospital or university? Do you feel these results need to be incorporated in your next general lecture on the subject?) If yes, what makes it outstanding? If not, why not?
This is good paper which reiterates the need of oral health services in rural areas
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Other Comments:
In this study Medical officers at PHCs showed limited knowledge regarding dental problems. Hence CMEs or inservice training should concentrate on this issue
The fact that Oral health is neglected in rural areas and there is a need for at least one dentist in the PHCs to promote the oral health of the people is felt since long. But might realise once there is a policy on Oral Health in India
There is a need for Reorientation of Medical education(ROME) wherein Interns should get exposed to oral health conditions and their emergency management and referral
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Competing interests:
None
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Invited by the author to review this article? :
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Have you previously published on this or a similar topic?:
No
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References:
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Experience and credentials in the specific area of science:
Professor & Head, Dept. of Public health Dentistry
- How to cite: Puranik M .Role of Medical Officers In Referring the Dental Patients In Primary Health Centers Of Ranga Reddy District, Andhra Pradesh, India. [Review of the article 'Role of Medical Officers In Referring the Dental Patients In Primary Health Centers Of Ranga Reddy District, Andhra Pradesh, India. ' by Swathi Chowdary K].WebmedCentral 2012;3(10):WMCRW002295
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What are the main claims of the paper and how important are they?
The main purpose of this article is to assess the awareness of dental problems and the referral system in the Ranga Reddy District.
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Are these claims novel? If not, please specify papers that weaken the claims to the originality of this one.
Yes
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Are the claims properly placed in the context of the previous literature?
Yes
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Do the results support the claims? If not, what other evidence is required?
Yes
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If a protocol is provided, for example for a randomized controlled trial, are there any important deviations from it? If so, have the authors explained adequately why the deviations occurred?
No
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Is the methodology valid? Does the paper offer enough details of its methodology that its experiments or its analyses could be reproduced?
Yes
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Would any other experiments or additional information improve the paper? How much better would the paper be if this extra work was done, and how difficult would such work be to do, or to provide?
No
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Is this paper outstanding in its discipline? (For example, would you like to see this work presented in a seminar at your hospital or university? Do you feel these results need to be incorporated in your next general lecture on the subject?) If yes, what makes it outstanding? If not, why not?
This would be a good presentation to a dental society.
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Other Comments:
The authors used a cross sectional questionnaire survey. 45% of patients in this study presented with dental problems. 90% of the medical officers did not offer any dental treatment. They concluded that the medical officers did not have knowledge or resources to provide dental services.
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Competing interests:
None
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Invited by the author to review this article? :
No -
Have you previously published on this or a similar topic?:
No
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References:
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Experience and credentials in the specific area of science:
Clinical associate professor
- How to cite: Maloney W J.Role of Medical Officers in Dental Referrals in Ranga Reddy District, India[Review of the article 'Role of Medical Officers In Referring the Dental Patients In Primary Health Centers Of Ranga Reddy District, Andhra Pradesh, India. ' by Swathi Chowdary K].WebmedCentral 2012;3(10):WMCRW002270
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The authors assess the awareness of dental problems and the referral system adopted by medical officers working in PHCs of Ranga Reddy district.
The claims are novel in the Ranga Reddy district only.
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This is a local report on the primary oral health status of the Ranga Reddy district.
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Leyva-Huerta ER, Navarro-Álvarez A. Prevalencia de caries en zonas rurales y peri-urbanas marginales. Salud Pública Mex 1993;35:357-67
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