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The University of North Carolina Caries Risk Assessment Study. II. Baseline Caries Prevalence
Author(s) -
Disney Judith A.,
Graves Richard C.,
Stamm John W.,
Bohannan Harry M.,
Abernathy James R.
Publication year - 1990
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.1752-7325.1990.tb02112.x
Subject(s) - medicine , dentistry , longitudinal study , south carolina , public administration , pathology , political science
Baseline clinical dental examinations were conducted on 5,233 children in grades 1 or 5 from the areas surrounding Aiken, SC, and Portland, ME, as part of a longitudinal study being conducted to predict children at high risk to dental caries. Mean caries levels in the Aiken area were nearly twice those of the Portland area. Black children experienced slightly more disease than whites. In addition to lower levels of caries experience, Portland children also had more treatment needs met, as indicated by higher filled ratio scores.