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Dental caries in schoolchildren in some Danish communities with and without school dental service
Author(s) -
Holst Dorthe
Publication year - 1975
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.1600-0528.1975.tb00315.x
Subject(s) - medicine , danish , dentistry , dental care , family medicine , significant difference , philosophy , linguistics
The purpose of the investigation was to compare the caries prevalence (DMF‐T) among 762 7th grade children, of whom one‐hall had received regular school dental care throughout their school attendance and the other half had never received school dental care. The children were grouped according to social status in order to see if there was any difference in the caries prevalence between the social groups. The caries prevalence in children both with and without school dental service was high, 9.5 DMF‐T and 10.5 DMF‐T. The prevalence of untreated caries and secondary caries was lowest in the group with school dental service.