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Five years of community preventive dentistry and health education in the County of Sutherland, Scotland
Author(s) -
Bennie Alexander M.,
Tullis J. Ivor,
Stephen Kenneth W.,
MacFadyen Eithne E.
Publication year - 1978
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.1600-0528.1978.tb01109.x
Subject(s) - medicine , dentistry , family medicine , environmental health , gerontology
Examination of 11‐year‐old Scots children who had participated in a 5‐year, fortnightly dental health education and preventive dentistry programme showed that, compared with a similar age‐matched group, the regimen produced mean DMF and DMFS reductions of 48.6% and 42.1%, respectively. In addition, the plaque and gingival indices differed significantly and 22.5% of test children were caries‐free compared with only 7.6% of controls.