%0 Journal Article %T Comments on: Cardoso, C.F.; Drummond, A.F.; Lages, E.M.B.; Pretti, H.; Ferreira, E.F.; Abreu, M.H.N.G. The Dental Aesthetic Index and Dental Health Component of the Index of Orthodontic Treatment Need as Tools in Epidemiological Studies. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2011, 8, 3277¨C3286 %A Varun Arora %A Narendra Kumar Gupta %A Dilip K. Nath %A Amrit Tandan %A Pratik Chandra %J International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health %D 2012 %I MDPI AG %R 10.3390/ijerph9093280 %X In regard to the article entitled ˇ°The Dental Aesthetic Index and Dental Health Component of the Index of Orthodontic Treatment Need as Tools in Epidemiological Studiesˇ± by Cardoso et al. [1] which checks the validity and agreement of two scales for orthodontic treatment need, we would like to draw your attention to a number of discrepancies in the design and methodology which have affected the results. [...] %U http://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/9/9/3280