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Document Details
Document Type
:
Article In Journal
Document Title
:
Caries prevalence and treatmentneed amongst children in an Arabian community
Caries prevalence and treatmentneed amongst children in an Arabian community
Document Language
:
English
Abstract
:
A total of 1400 Saudi Arabian children in age groups 6 12 and 15 yr in private and public schools were examined for dental caries and treatment need in the cities of Jeddah (<0.30 ppm fluoride in drinking water), Rahagh (0.77 ppm F-) and Mecca (2.47 ppm F-). The mean dmft in d-yr-olds in private schools in Jeddah was 2.9 compared with 6.3 in public schools (P<0.001). The d componeni accounted for 65 of the tolal dmft in private schools and 76 in public schools in Jeddah. The mean dmft values in private and public schools in Rabagh were 1.5 and 2.,S respectively and 2.7 and 2.S in Mecca; the d component accounted for approximately 65 in all groups. T he figures for permanent teeth in 12- and 15- yr-olds show similar trends with caries levels being the highest in public schools m Jeddah; approximately 60 of the total DM IT was attributable to (lie D component in both school types in all three cities. Most of the treatment required in all three cities comprised one- or two-surface fillings. The need for treatment was significantly higher in public schools.
ISSN
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0
Journal Name
:
Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology
Volume
:
19
Issue Number
:
1
Publishing Year
:
1991 AH
1991 AD
Article Type
:
Article
Added Date
:
Monday, December 10, 2007
Researchers
Researcher Name (Arabic)
Researcher Name (English)
Researcher Type
Dr Grade
Email
طارق الخيب
AI-Khateeb, Tarek
Researcher
Doctorate
tlalkatid@kau.edu.sa
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Caries prevalence and treatment.pdf
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