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Dental caries prevalence in 5‐year‐old children in Barnsley Area, England
Author(s) -
Clerehugh Anthony
Publication year - 1977
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.1600-0528.1977.tb01001.x
Subject(s) - medicine , dentistry , water fluoridation , fluoride , dental decay , environmental health , oral health , inorganic chemistry , chemistry
It is important that baseline studies of dental caries prevalence are available prior to the introduction of community water fluoridation. This survey was carried out during the winter of 1975/76 in the low‐fluoride Barnsley Area (F = 0.1 parts/10 6 ). Caries prevalence is in accord with that of other low‐fluoride areas. The mean dmf was 4.5. For the group of children with rampant denial caries, the mean dmf value was much greater (11.3).