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The dental health of children eight and fifteen years of age living in Bunbury, Western Australia
Author(s) -
Medcalf G. W.,
O'Grady M. J.
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.tb05273.x
Subject(s) - dentistry , medicine , deciduous teeth , oral health , age groups , population , demography , environmental health , sociology
A bstract — The City of Bunbury (population 22 000) is the only major centre in Western Australia which is not fluoridated. Unsupplemented eight‐year‐old children had on average 2.7 more deciduous teeth affected by caries than students of the same age from fluoridated areas and those aged fifteen years had 2.2 more permanent surfaces affected. Their restorative treatment need was 43 per cent greater than that of children of the same age living in fluoridated areas.