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Prevalence of root surface caries among institutionalized older persons
Author(s) -
Banting David W.,
Ellen Richard P.,
Fillery Edward D.
Publication year - 1980
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.1600-0528.1980.tb01262.x
Subject(s) - medicine , root caries , dentistry , coronal plane , root (linguistics) , orthodontics , philosophy , linguistics , radiology
Fifty‐nine residents of a chronic hospital (average age 67.9 years) were examined visually for root surface caries. Root lesions were found to be present in 44 of the residents and were located most frequently on the proximal surfaces of anterior teeth. The number of coronal DF surfaces, age and number of retained teeth were the factors found to be helpful in discriminating between persons with and without root surface caries.