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Prevalence of caries, plaque and gingivitis in an urban and rural Tanzanian child population
Author(s) -
Frencken Jo E. F. M.,
Truin GertJan,
König Klaus G.,
Ruiken Ron M. H. M.,
Elvers Hans J. W.
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.tb01523.x
Subject(s) - medicine , gingivitis , tanzania , dentistry , rural population , population , dentition , rural area , longitudinal study , rural district , demography , environmental health , socioeconomics , pathology , sociology
A longitudinal study of the oral condition of 763 schoolchildren was started in the Morogoro District of the Republic of Tanzania in 1984. The average baseline D 3 MFT scores of the 7‐, 8‐ and 9‐yr‐old urban and rural children were 0.27, 0.33, 0.35 and 0.04, 0.23 and 0.23, respectively; the average deft values were 2.9, 2.4, 2.6 and 1.4, 1.9 and 1.4. The permanent dentition was caries free (D 3 MFT = 0) in 80 and 89% of the urban and rural children, respectively. Gingivitis was prevalent in rural (61%) and urban (55%) children; visible plaque was present in 93% of the children in both subsamples. The results of this baseline study show that the child population under study reflects the national Tanzanian situation with higher caries prevalence in urban than in rural children.