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The effect of school dental care on caries, oral hygiene, gingivitis, and calculus in Western Australian children
Author(s) -
Medcalf G. W.
Publication year - 1983
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.1834-7819.1983.tb02958.x
Subject(s) - gingivitis , oral hygiene , medicine , dentistry , oral health care , dental care , hygiene , calculus (dental) , oral health , family medicine , pathology
A bstract — Two groups of high school students aged 15 years in five major Western Australian centres were dentally examined. The first group (1978) had no experience of school dental services. Of the second group (1981), 79 per cent had received school‐based dental care for 18 months two years previously. The 1981 group had less untreated caries and improved oral hygiene and gingival health.