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Assessing the dental treatment needs of an adult Israeli military population
Author(s) -
Gordon Moshe,
Kusner Willred,
Shifman Arie,
Ronen Eli,
Newbrun Ernest
Publication year - 1986
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.1600-0528.1986.tb01064.x
Subject(s) - medicine , dentistry , oral hygiene , population , military personnel , dental hygiene , environmental health , political science , law
Abstract The dental treatment needs of an adult population career army personnel, Israeli Defence Forces, aged 20 to 46) were determined. A method is described for quantitating total restorative, endodontic, oral surgical, periodontal, and prosthetic treatment needs. The amount, and in some categories the complexity, of treatment required per person increased in proportion to age. The estimated time required per adult (all ages) to complete all dental treatments was approximately 10.5 h, including 1 h for dental hygiene therapy. These data permit calculation of cost and professional personnel needed to treat this population.