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Submited on: 06 Feb 2014 07:24:54 AM GMT
Published on: 06 Feb 2014 10:15:53 AM GMT
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What are the main claims of the paper and how important are they?
The authors' aim is to examine the dental caries status and oral health needs among disabled children living in care canters in the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal.
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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- it is excellent
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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- this would be a great lecture at a dental school.
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Other Comments:
The authors provide a wonderful article concerning the dental public health status among disabled children in care centers in the kathmandu Valley. The authors find it to be very important that special attention be given to these disabled children to improve their dental health.
The authors provide much pertinent data to support their conclusions. -
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:
None
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Experience and credentials in the specific area of science:
Clinical associate professor
- How to cite: Maloney W J.Dental Caries Statusand Oral Health Needs among Disabled Children in the Kathmandu Valley of Nepal[Review of the article 'Dental Caries Status And Oral Health Needs among Disabled Children Living In Care Centers In Kathmandu Valley, Nepal ' by Narkasawat K].WebmedCentral 2014;5(2):WMCRW002950
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Dr. Acharya and his team reveal the oral health care needs of disabled children aged 12-15 years old residing in care centers in Nepal. The paper displays the rate of caries and the various obstacles for the patients and providers of preventing as well as treating this population. This is accomplished by a cross sectional study. Many of the issues with the disabled children are relevant regardless of their geographic location. This topic includes the problems encountered and their remedies while treating the disabled in Nepal.
The goal of this paper is exposing the rate of caries and discussing the needs and treatment of caring for a disabled pediatric patient in Nepal. It is novel since it is a sound beginning to ignite further research in this area. Also, it reviews the issues present in that area and within these care centers for that specific pediatric age range.
Yes, the claims are properly placed in the context of the orevious literature. The articles used as a resource for this paper were relevant and informing.
Yes, the results support the claims made by the authors.
The protocol was followed by the guidelines of the study as they were prepared.
Yes, the trial can be reproduced sicne a series of close ended questions were distributed ina survey.
Follow up studies can be performed to determine the causation of dental caries status by the independent variables involved in the study conducted by this team.
This study is a good basis to extend into further research on this topic.
The design was efficient and conducted to promote ease of participation. As stated earlier, follow up studies can be performed to determine the causation of dental caries status by the independent variables involved in the study conducted by this team. Overall, this study provides sufficient basis to conduct further more detailed projects into this topic and was well written.
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New York University College of Dentistry Faculty in Department of Cariology and Comprehensive Care