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National statistics on caries and oral hygiene derived from the Danish Child Dental Health recording system
Author(s) -
Helm Sven
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
community dentistry and oral epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.061
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1600-0528
pISSN - 0301-5661
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1973.tb01328.x
Subject(s) - medicine , danish , gingivitis , documentation , dental health , dental care , family medicine , oral hygiene , dental hygiene , dentistry , oral health , philosophy , linguistics , computer science , programming language
ABSTRACT The new recording system for the Danish Child Dental Services is based on registrations of clinical examination findings for all children receiving public dental care in pursuance of the Act on Child Dental Health. During the school year 1972/73, dental information was derived from about 84,000 children in 127 municipalities. Recordings applying to the children in the first grade were obtained from all participating dental services, some of which also reported the findings for earlier age groups or higher grades. National statistics, comprising def‐s and DMF‐S indices and plaque and gingivitis indices are presented. Similar statistics applying to the individual dental services have been made available to the participating services, and certain applications of this annual documentation are emphasized. No working time in the dental services was used solely for the purpose of obtaining the statistics, the examination findings for the individual children being used routinely in the clinic.