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Factors affecting caries experience in French adolescents
Author(s) -
TubertJeannin Stéphanie,
Lardon JeanPierre,
Pham Emmanuel,
Martin JeanLouis
Publication year - 1994
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.1600-0528.1994.tb01565.x
Subject(s) - medicine , snacking , oral hygiene , socioeconomic status , dentistry , fluoride , hygiene , environmental health , demography , population , pathology , inorganic chemistry , chemistry , sociology , obesity
– Three hundred French 14–15‐yr‐old adolescents were randomly selected. They were examined clinically and caries experience was determined by using the DMFS index. The aim of this investigation was to evaluate children's habits using a self‐administered questionnaire, to clarify the actual influence of well‐known factors such as fluoride exposure, diet, oral hygiene and socioeconomic factors on caries experience and to stress those factors of primary importance. A multiple regression analysis revealed the variables which significatively contributed to explain DMFS scores in a final model: Age, sex, frequency of sweet consumption, use of standard or high fluoride toothpastes, bleeding during toothbrushing, living in St Yorre (F–=0.45 mg/1). At at time when caries experience is decreasing, it seems that fluoride supply, snacking and oral hygiene are still independent and significant determinants of caries experience in French adolescents.