Dental caries in children and adolescents of Chongqing
- VernacularTitle:重庆市青少年儿童龋病抽样调查报告
- Author:
Juhong LIN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Dental caries;
Student;
Chongqing
- From:
Journal of Chongqing Medical University
2003;0(06):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To find out the dental caries condition in children and adolescents of Chongqing to provide data basis for preliminary oral health care of Chongqing.Methods:We adopted the method for oral health investigation of WHO(1997):Firstly,we selected subjects from every section of Chongqing,then devided them into four groups according to age:5-year-lod group,12-year-old group,15-year-old group and 18-year-old group.The examiners are professional dentists.Results:Data of 11592 children and adolescents were collected from 48 surveyed stations.The survey results showed that the prevalence rate of dental carries among students of kindergarten and school was 31.64%,DMFT(dmft) mean was 0.98.Filled tooth rate was 6.74%.Caries rate and DMFT(dmft) mean of female were higher than those male(p
