Community diagnosis of dental caries in an urban community of Beijing
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1671-7368.2009.01.021
- VernacularTitle:北京市西城区龋病的社区诊断
- Author:
Yan SI
;
Min LIU
;
Zheng LI
;
Xiaochi CHEN
;
Wenhui WANG
;
Boxue ZHANG
;
Ling ZHU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Community dentistry;
Dental caries
- From:
Chinese Journal of General Practitioners
2009;8(1):54-55
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Total 1188 subjects aged 35-74 in an urban community of Beijing were recruited by a multistage stratified random sampling procedure. Dental caries were examined by three dentists independently. The prevalence of dental crown caries was 79. 6% (DF), that of DMFS was 24. 39% and the root caries index (RCI) was 3.5% in this group. 22. 3% of the examinees required treatment for the crown caries and 26. 0% for root caries. Bivariate correlation analysis showed that DMFS was significantly correlated with RCI (P <0. 01 ), and there was no significant difference of DMFS and RCI between males and females. The study indicates that dental caries is a common health problem in adults and elderly population of urban Beijing, and the development of community oral health service system is necessary.
