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Caries prevalence of preschoolchildren in Baja, Hungary in 1955 and 1975
Author(s) -
Bruszt P.,
Bánáczy J.,
Esztáry I.,
Hadas É.,
Marosi I.,
Nemes J.,
Albrecht M.
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.tb01627.x
Subject(s) - medicine , dentistry , demography , environmental health , sociology
In 1975 caries epidemiologic investigations were performed in 1,017 preschool‐children of Baja, aged 3–6 years. The data were analyzed and compared with those of 620 preschoolchildren of the same city in 1955. A mean increase of 10.9 % of the caries frequency (percentage of examinees with caries), and a mean increase of 43.5 % of the caries intensity (dmft count per examinee) could be observed in spite of a better vitamin D prophylaxis. The possible cariogenic role of the increased sugar consumption (37.5 kg from 24.4 kg per individual during 20 years) is discussed.