Open AccessDECLINE IN PRIMARY TOOTH DECAY IN NEW ZEALAND
Author(s) -
Colquhoun John
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
community health studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.946
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1753-6405
pISSN - 0314-9021
DOI - 10.1111/j.1753-6405.1988.tb00159.x
Subject(s) - dental decay , primary tooth , primary (astronomy) , dentistry , period (music) , demography , medicine , geography , history , oral health , sociology , physics , astronomy , acoustics
Data collected in New Zealand over a 50‐year period suggest that the general decline in decay of primary teeth in 5‐year‐olds started well before the introduction of fluoridation. Some correlations and possible causative factors are discussed.