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Dental survey of students at the Australian National University —1972
Author(s) -
Barnard P. D.,
Boyles J. R.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
australian dental journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.701
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1834-7819
pISSN - 0045-0421
DOI - 10.1111/j.1834-7819.1976.tb01047.x
Subject(s) - dental hygiene , dentistry , oral hygiene , index (typography) , medicine , sample (material) , hygiene , family medicine , demography , sociology , physics , pathology , world wide web , computer science , thermodynamics
A bstract — A sample of 422 students at the Australian National University was examined in 1972. Results for the 302 full‐time student sample were considered significant and are presented in this report. The students were found to have a relatively low (for Australia) DMFT of 13.8, Oral Hygiene Index of 0.9 and Periodontal Index of 0.75. Seventy‐two per cent of students had attended a dentist within the previous year and F/DMFT ratio was 76 per cent. Estimates of time and costs of treatment needs are presented.