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Dental Caries Assessment of Mississippi Head Start Children
Author(s) -
Trubman Aaron,
Silberman Stephen L.,
Meydrech Edward F.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
journal of public health dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.64
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1752-7325
pISSN - 0022-4006
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-7325.1989.tb02055.x
Subject(s) - head start , medicine , dentistry , quarter (canadian coin) , psychology , geography , developmental psychology , archaeology
This study assessed the dental caries status and treatment needs of Mississippi Head Start children during the 1987–88 school year. The 2,393 children examined, representing a 10 percent random sample of all Mississippi Head Start children, were three to six years old with a majority being four to five years old. The mean deft ranged from 1.34 for three‐year‐olds to 4.32 for six‐year‐olds; the mean defs ranged from 2.33 to 9.99. More than 50 percent of primary teeth of three‐year‐olds with dental caries experience required treatment, whereas less than one‐quarter of similarly affected teeth of six‐year‐olds were in need of treatment.