The sampling report of the dental fluorosis among the people aged 12 to 15 in Tianjin area
- VernacularTitle:天津市儿童氟斑牙抽样调查
- Author:
De-zhang, LIU
;
Jin-fu, NIU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- From:Chinese Journal of Endemiology
2001;20(2):128-129
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To investigate the epidemic situat ion of the dental fluorosis among the people in Tianjin area.Methods With the method of random sampling we investigated epidemic situation of the dental fluorosis among the people aged 12 to 15 in Tianjin area.Results The minimum patient's rate for this disease among those aged 12 to 15 is 32.11 percent while the maximum is 78.09 percent.The l owest dental fluorosis index is 0.851 and the highest is 1.923.The patient's rate and the index are both higher than the average rate and index of the whole cou ntry.Conclusions Tianjin is one of the areas where the dental fluorosise epidemic mostly occurs.
